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GUIDE  TO  THE  STUDY  AND 
USE  OF  REFERENCE  BOOKS 


A  MANUAL  FOR  LIBRARIANS,  TEACHERS 
AND  STUDENTS 


BY 


ALICE  BERTHA  KROEGER 

Librarian  and  Director  Library  School 
Drexel  Institute,  Philadelphia 


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AMERICAN  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION 


BOSTON  AND  NEW  YORK 

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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Preface vii-viii 

References 2 

Introduction 3-5 

Books  and  Articles  on  Reference  Books .  6-8 

Encyclopedias 9-12 

English 9-10 

American 10-11 

Foreign  :  French,  German,  Italian,  Spanish,  Norwegian      ....  11-12 

Dictionaries 13-17 

English 13-14 

Etymology,  Synonyms,  Americanisms  and  Slang,  Obsolete  and  Pro- 
vincial, Dialects,  Miscellaneous 14-15 

Anglo-Saxon 15-16 

Middle-English T 16 

Foreign  :  German,  French,  Italian,  Spanish,  Portuguese,   Dutch,  Swed- 
ish, Danish-Norwegian,  Russian,  Polish,  Bohemian,  Hungarian,  Greek, 

Modern  Greek,  Latin,  Sanskrit,  Hebrew,  Arabic 16-17 

Special  Subjects 18-52 

Philosophy 18 

Temperance 18 

Religion 18-20 

Bible  Dictionaries 19 

Bible  Commentaries • 19 

Bible  Concordances 19 

Sects 19-20 

Missions 20 

Miscellaneous 20 

Non-Christian 20 

Social  Sciences 20-27 

Political  Science  and  Economics 21-22 

Governments 21 

Political  Parties 21 

U.  S.  Government  Officials 21-22 

Law 22-23 

Statistics 23-24 

Year-Books 23-24 

Census 24 

Commerce 24 

Business 24 

Railways 24-25 

Shipping 25 

Post  Office 25 


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iv  CONTENTS 

Money 25 

Associations 25 

Education 25-26 

Customs 26 

Costume 26 

Science 26-28 

Technical  Terms 26-27 

Mathematics  and  Astronomy 27 

Electricity      . 27 

Chemistry 27 

Geology    .    '    .        .        . .        .                .  27 

Natural  History 27-28 

Birds 27 

Botany 27-28 

Useful  Arts                         • 28-31 

Horticulture -   .  28 

Medicine 28-29 

Domestic  Science 29 

Receipts 29 

Mechanic  Arts       ....." 29 

Engineering 29 

Industries  and  Manufactures 30 

Minerals 30 

Patents 30 

Printing 30 

Military  and  Naval  Arts 30 

Fine  Arts 31-33 

Dictionaries 31 

Annuals 31 

Symbolic  Art 31 

Architecture 31-32 

Painting •    .  32 

Music ,_ 32 

Photography 32 

Games  and  Sports 32-33 

Literature 33-40 

General 33 

Annuals 33 

English  and  American 33-34 

Allusions 34-35 

Authorship 35 

Noted  Names  of  Fiction 35 

Sobriquets 35 

Anthologies 35-36 

Recitations 36 

Quotations 36-37 

Proverbs 37 

Anecdotes , 37 

Concordances  to  Authors 37-38 

Author  Dictionaries 38-39 


CONTENTS  v 

Fiction 39-40 

Drama 40 

Classics 40 

Biography 40-48 

General 41-42 

National 42-43 

American 42 

Canadian 42 

English 42^3 

Foreign  :  French,  German,  Austrian,  Belgian 43 

Ancient 43 

Special  Classes 43-45 

Authors 43-44 

English  and  American 43-44 

German 44 

Artists 44 

Musicians 44 

Army  and  Navy 44r45 

Women 45 

Directories 45 

Genealogy 45-47 

American 45-46 

English 46-47 

Crests 47 

Foreign 47 

Names 47 

Flags 47 

Portraits 47 

Bio-Bibliography 48 

Geography 48-50 

Dictionaries 48 

Atlases 48-50 

American 48-49 

English 49 

German 49 

Historical 49-50 

Guide-Books 50 

History .        .  50-52 

Dates 50 

Tables 50-51 

Annuals 51 

Antiquities 51 

English    .                51 

United  States                 51-52 

Canada 52 

Periodicals,  Essays,  Dissertations  —  Indexes  and  Lists 53-58 

Periodicals 53-55 

General  :  English,  French,  German 53-54 

Union  Lists 54 

Technical 55 


vi  CONTENTS 

Newspapers  :  American,  English,  French 55-56 

General  Literature  and  Essays 56-57 

Dissertations 57-58 

Society  Publications  —  Indexes  and  Catalogs 59-30 

General 59 

English 59 

American 59 

German 60 

French 60 

Government  Documents 61-64 

U.  S.  Public  Documents 61-63 

Indexes  and  Catalogs 62-63 

State  and  City  Documents 64 

Foreign  Documents 64 

Bibliography 65-77 

General  or  Universal .  66 

Early  Literature 66-67 

National  and  Trade 67-72 

American 67-69 

English  '  .                69-70 

French 70-71 

German 71 

Other  Countries 71-72 

Bibliography  of  Bibliography 72-73 

Special  Bibliographies 73-74 

Choice  of  Books 75 

Children's  Reading 75-76 

Anonyms  and  Pseudonyms •    .        .  76-77 

Libraries 77-79 

Statistics 77 

Special  Collections        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  77-78 

Library  Catalogs 78 

The  Card  Catalog 78-79 

Library  Bulletins 79 

Library  Periodicals 79 

Suggestive  List  of  One  Hundred  Reference  Books 80-82 

Index 83-104 


PREFACE 

y 

This  manual  is  a  guide,  designed  primarily  to  help  library  assistants,  library  school  students, 
college  students,  teachers,  and  users  of  libraries  in  general,  in  gaining  a  knowledge  of  reference 
books  quickly.  It  does  not  pretend  to  be  complete.  The  reference  books  and  bibliographies 
included  in  this  list  are  necessarily  limited,  first,  to  those  of  a  strictly  reference  character,  and, 
secondly,  to  the  most  useful  works  in  the  English  language,  with  some  exceptions  in  other  lan- 
guages. It  is  obviously  impossible,  without  exceeding  the  limits  of  one  volume,  to  include  all 
of  the  important  works  of  reference  in  foreign  languages,  which,  though  often  of  more  value 
than  the  corresponding  English  books,  still  are  of  restricted  use  owing  to  the  comparatively 
small  number  of  readers  of  foreign  languages  who  frequent  our  libraries. 

Reference  books  which  are  limited  to  the  use  of  the  specialist  have  been  in  like  manner  usu- 
ally omitted.  Out-of-print  books  have  occasionally  been  mentioned  because  they  are  to  be 
found  in  the  older  libraries.  It  sometimes  happens  that  the  best  reference  book  on  a  subject  is 
out  of  print. 

Almost  all  books  of  reference  possess  defects  as  well  as  merits  ;  it  is  difficult  indeed  to  find 
one  that  is  perfect.  At  the  same  time  they  are  essential  to  a  well -equipped  library.  The 
annotations  of  the  titles  herein  contained  are  largely  of  a  descriptive  character,  showing  for 
what  purposes  the  books  mentioned  are  especially  useful. 

Besides  cyclopedias  and  dictionaries  which  give  direct  aid,  the  reader  will  have  to  consult 
more  elaborate  treatises  for  further  information.  Bibliographies  are  guides  to  these.  A  know 
ledge  of  bibliography,  therefore,  forms  an  important  part  in  the  preparation  of  the  student. 
The  most  useful  reference  department  will  include  bibliographies  of  special  subjects  along 
with  the  cyclopedias  of  those  subjects.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  books  belonging  to  the  class 
Bibliography  are  as  a  rule  kept  in  the  cataloger's  room  or  the  librarian's  office,  not  in  the 
reference  department  where  they  would  be  useful  to  the  public.  In  a  large  library,  such  an 
important  printed  catalog  as  that  of  the  Peabody  Institute  Library  should  by  all  means  be  kept 
where  the  public  can  have  easy  access  to  it,  even  if  it  is  necessary  to  duplicate  such  a  work. 

This  manual  will  also  serve  as  a  guide  in  the  selection  of  reference  books  for  a  library.  The 
prices  given  are  the  publishers'  prices,  and  the  lowest  price  is  usually  quoted.  Books  can  often 
be  obtained  at  a  discount  or  picked  up  from  time  to  time  at  auction  or  second-hand  stores  at  a 
much  reduced  price.  Reference  books  are  expensive,  and  few  libraries  can  afford  to  keep  up 
with  new  editions  or  even  with  recent  authorities.  In  many  cases  new  editions  are  not  worth 
the  cost.  They  are  frequently  made  from  the  same  plates  as  the  earlier  editions,  with  slight 
alterations,  not  of  sufficient  importance  to  warrant  the  expense  involved  in  their  purchase.  A 
suggestive  list  of  one  hundred  reference  books  for  a  small  library  will  be  found  at  the  end  of 
the  volume. 

The  selection  of  the  books  in  this  volume  has  been  made  from  a  study  of  the  reference  §&^ 
partments  of  the  principal  libraries  of  Philadelphia,  Boston,  New  York,  St.  Louis,  and  Wash- 


viii  PREFACE 

ington,  and  practically  covers  the  course  of  study  in  reference  books  as  pursued  in  the  Drexel 
Institute  Library  School.     Other  library  schools  also  give  similar  courses. 

The  compiler  extends  grateful  acknowledgments  for  helpful  suggestions  to  Mr.  F.  W.  Faxon, 
Mr.  Charles  C.  Soule,  Mr.  S.  H.  Berry,  Mr.  A.  Growoll,  Mr.  Edward  H.  Virgin,  Mr.  David  H. 
Hutcheson,  Mr.  Charles  Martel,  Mr.  Steingrimur  Stefansson,  Dr.  H.  A.  Millis,  Dr.  Roland  P. 
Falkner,  Miss  A.  R.  Hasse,  Miss  Theodosia  E.  Macurdy,  Mr.  C.  W.  Andrews ;  to  the  reference 
librarians  of  .the  Free  Library  of  Philadelphia,  Astor  Library,  Library  of  Congress,  and  other 
libraries  for  their  many  courtesies,  and  to  Mr.  W.  I.  Fletcher,  Mr.  W.  C.  Lane,  and  Mi3s  Nina 
E.  Browne  for  their  assistance  in  reading  proof. 


GUIDE  TO  REFERENCE  BOOKS 


"Reference  books  are  the  clearing-houses  of  knowledge.  They  are  libraries  in  miniature, 
focusing  into  a  single  book  information  scattered  through  a  thousand  volumes.  They  are  short- 
cuts to  learning,  pass-keys  to  the  accumulated  wisdom  of  the  ages.  The  ordinary  reader  knows 
little  of  them,  and  realizes  but  slightly  the  great  help  they  would  be  to  him  in  his  daily  reading 
and  daily  living."     W:  G:  Jordan  in  Literary  era,  8 :  52. 

"  A  selection  of  the  best  works  of  reference  should  be  the  corner- stone  of  every  library  collec- 
tion."   A.  R.  Spofford  in  Ms  Book  for  all  readers. 

"...  For  I  have  long  known  how  much  books  of  reference  fail  of  all  the  good  which  they 
might  accomplish,  simply  from  ignorance  of  them,  or  inability  to  use  them  intelligently. " 
Justin  Winsor  in  Lib.  jour.  3 :  159. 

"It  is  quite  possible  for  a  person  of  ordinary  memory  and  ability,  by  careful  study  of  refer- 
ence books,  by  familiarity  with  the  arrangement  of  his  library,  and  by  attention  to  the  aids  which 
his  fellow  librarians  have  put  in  print,  to  gain  that  respectable  amount  of  information  about  a 
great  many  things  essential  to  work  at  the  information  desk."     George  T.  Little  in  Lib.  jour. 


' '  We  all  agree  in  lamenting  that  there  are  so  many  houses  —  even  some  of  considerable  social 
position  —  where  you  will  not  find  a  good  atlas,  a  good  dictionary,  or  a  good  cyclopaedia  of  refer- 
ence. What  is  still  more  lamentable,  in  a  good  many  more  houses  where  these  books  are,  they 
are  never  referred  to  or  opened.  That  is  a  very  discreditable  fact,  because  I  defy  anybody  to 
take  up  a  single  copy  of  the  Times  newspaper  and  not  come  upon  something  in  it,  upon  which, 
if  their  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  day  were  active,  intelligent,  and  alert  as  it  ought  to  be,  they 
would  consult  an  atlas,  dictionary,  or  cyclopaedia  of  reference."  John  Morley  in  Ms  Studies  in 
literature,  p.  205. 

"It  [a  public  library]  should  be  rich  in  books  of  reference,  in  encyclopaedias,  where  one  may 
learn  without  cost  of  research  what  things  are  generally  known.  For  it  is  far  more  useful  to 
know  these  than  to  know  those  that  are  not  generally  known."  J.  JR.  Lowell  in  Ms  Books  and 
libraries. 


INTRODUCTION 

A  reference  book  has  been  defined  as  "  a  book  which  is  to  be  consulted  for  definite  points  of 
information  rather  than  read  through,  and  is  arranged  with  explicit  reference  to  ease  in  finding 
specific  facts."  (E.  C.  Richardson  in  Lib.  jour.  18  :  254.)  Books  which  come  under  this  classi- 
fication are  usually  separated  from  the  rest  of  the  books  in  a  library  and  placed  where  they 
can  be  most  readily  consulted  by  the  public,  without  the  delay  of  customary  formalities.  They 
comprise  general  encyclopedias,  cyclopedias  of  special  subjects,  dictionaries,  gazetteers,  atlases, 
etc.  The  term  reference  book  in  public  libraries  is  also  used  to  include  many  books  that  do  not 
circulate  outside  the  library  either  on  account  of  their  character  or  their  value.1 

IN  LIBRARIES 

The  term  reference  work  is  commonly  used  in  libraries  to  include  that  branch  of  their  admin- 
istration which  deals  with  the  assistance  given  to  readers  in  their  use  of  the  resources  of  the 
library.  This  is  an  important  part  of  the  educational  work  of  public  libraries.  The  "informa- 
tion desk"  is  now  a  well-established  feature  in  the  large  libraries  of  America.2  At  this  post 
the  reference  librarian  presides.  His  duties  are  to  assist  readers  in  their  search  for  information, 
and  to  some  extent  to  guide  the  reading  public  by  preparing  lists  of  references  on  topics  of  the 
day  or  on  subjects  of  general  interest.  He  must  be  able  to  send  inquirers  to  the  necessary  refer- 
ence books  or  other  authorities,  and  in  order  to  do  this  he  should  have  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  librarian's  aids  and  guides,  reference  books,  and  bibliographies. 

The  reference  librarian,  especially  in  a  public  library,  should  keep  a  record  of  the  questions 
most  frequently  asked,  specifying  places  in  which  answers  to  the  same  can  be  found.  It  is  well, 
if  time  does  not  allow  for  analytic  work  to  be  inserted  in  the  card  catalogue,  to  keep  this  record 
near  the  information  desk,  writing  the  questions  on  cards  with  references  where  found,  and 
filing  alphabetically.  Much  valuable  time  is  consumed  in  looking  up  the  same  question  over 
and  over  again.  This  is  particularly  noticeable  in  the  case  of  questions  for  school  work  where 
a  large  number  of  children  are  assigned  the  same  topic.  Lists  of  all  references  on  such  subjects 
as  Christmas,  Arbor  Day,  Thanksgiving  Day,  Washington's  Farewell  address,  lives  of  noted 
personages,  — Washington,  Lincoln,  Lowell,  Holmes,  etc.,  — should  be  always  at  hand  covering 
every  available  reference  in  the  library  on  the  subject. 

In  libraries  where  there  is  no  reference  librarian  every  attendant  at  the  delivery  desk  must  be 
ready  to  answer  questions,  and,  when  not  able  to  do  so,  must  refer  them  to  the  Librarian.  Any 
one  at  all  familiar  with  library  management  knows  what  a  large  number  of  questions — some 
trivial  and  some  important  —  are  brought  to  the  library  for  solution  every  day. 

The  Librarian  cannot  always  be  accessible  to  the  numerous  visitors  who  come  to  the  library. 
It  is,  therefore,  of  the  highest  importance  that  his  assistants  should,  so  far  as  possible,  under- 
stand how  to  use  reference  books,  which  serve  frequently  as  guides  to  more  important  authori- 
ties which  may  not  be  included  under  the  limited  title,  reference  book.  The  public  certainly 
cannot  expect  the  attendants  to  know  the  answers  to  the  questions  which  they  ask,  but  in  the 
majority  of  cases  they  should  be  expected  to  know  where  to  find  them.  This  knowledge  comes 
largely  from  daily  experience,  and  becomes  constantly  more  technical  in  character ;  it  can,  how- 

1  See  the  article  on  Reference  books  by  E.  C.  Richardson,  in  Dewey,  Melvil,  ed.  Papers  prepared  for  the 
World's  library  congress,  1896,  p.  976-982. 

1  See  Assistance  to  readers,  by  W:  E.  Foster,  in  Dewey,  Melvil,  ed.  Papers  prepared  for  the  World's 
library  congress,  1896,  p.  982-993. 


4  INTRODUCTION 

ever,  be  materially  assisted  by  a  systematic  study  of  reference  books.  Johnson  said :  "  Know- 
ledge is  of  two  kinds.  We  know  a  subject  ourselves,  or  we  know  where  we  can  find  information 
upon  it."  The  latter  is  one  of  the  necessary  requirements  of  a  librarian.  A  thorough  understand- 
ing of  the  use  and  value  of  reference  books  assists  one  to  turn  readily  to  the  correct  book  for  the 
solution  of  some  difficult  point,  and  saves  much  valuable  time.  Every  desk-attendant  should  be 
a  reference  librarian  so  far  as  in  him  lies  the  ability. 

The  true  librarian  finds  no  greater  satisfaction  in  his  daily  work  than  that  of  solving  a  difficult 
problem  for  some  earnest  student  by  placing  before  him  the  best  authority  from  some  hidden 
corner  of  the  library.  The  memory  can  be  trained  along  these  lines  to  a  remarkable  degree. 
The  librarian  who  sincerely  wishes  to  succeed  in  this,  by  a  systematic  study  of  the  books  of 
reference,  and  the  use  of  the  indexes  and  other  keys,  will  be  able  to  accomplish  what  will  appear 
most  wonderful  to  one  not  accustomed  to  the  daily  handling  of  books  and  constant  observation  of 
them. 

A  librarian,  distinguished  for  his  ability  to  assist  readers  and  students,  writes  :  "In  the  inter- 
vals of  library  work,  I  am  accustomed  to  consider  the  looking  up  of  sub j  ects  or  authorities  as 
one  of  my  very  best  recreations.  It  is  as  interesting  as  a  game  of  whist  and  much  more  profit- 
able. .  .  .  And  this  is  one  of  the  foremost  attractions,  let  me  add,  of  the  librarian's  calling ;  it  is 
more  full  of  intellectual  variety,  of  wide-open  avenues  to  knowledge,  than  any  other,  vocation 
whatever."    A.  M.  Spofford  in  his  Book  for  all  readers,  p.  193. 

In  some  of  the  large  libraries  meetings  of  the  assistants  are  held  at  regular  intervals.  A  study 
of  aids  and  guides,  with  the  result  of  practical  experience  in  using  them,  can  be  made  an  instruc- 
tive feature  of  such  meetings.  There  are  possibilities  of  improvement  in  the  regular  staff  of  the 
library  in  this  way,  while  the  results  can  be  tested  from  time  to  time  if  desired  by  means  of 
examinations,  the  questions  asked  at  the  delivery  desk  serving  as  a  basis  for  such  examination. 

IN  COLLEGES 

In  many  colleges  the  study  of  bibliography  has  been  introduced  —  usually  as  an  elective  course 
in  the  senior  year  —  in  which  the  use  of  reference  books  and  the  library  catalog  is  included. 
This  is  realizing,  to  some  extent,  what  Emerson  so  much  desired  when  he  wrote,  earnestly  advo- 
cating a  professorship  of  books  in  every  college.  That  the  college  is  the  proper  field  for  such 
study  there  is  little  question.  It  is  only  to  be  regretted  that  such  a  chair  does  not  exist  in  every 
■  college,  and  that  the  course  is  not  a  regular  part  of  the  curriculum.  It  is  here  that  the  student, 
who  is  pursuing  a  special  line  of  work,  finds  that  a  knowledge  of  bibliography  will  aid  him  in 
obtaining  access  to  the  literature  of  his  subject,  and  that  in  thoroughly  understanding  how  to 
use  reference  books,  he  can  find  quickly  information  on  subjects  outside  his  specialty  which 
otherwise  he  would  either  do  without,  or  be  obliged  to  consume  much  valuable  time  in  finding. 

IN  SCHOOLS 

A  systematic  study  of  the  use  of  books  can  also  be  made  an  important  feature  in  the  training 
of  teachers,  and  it  might  therefore  be  introduced  to  advantage  into  the  course  of  study  in  high 
and  normal  schools.  The  knowledge  of  how  to  advise  others  what  to  read  and  how  to  find 
answers  to  the  questions  constantly  coming  up  in  the  course  of  their  reading  is  of  the  greatest 
value  to  the  student  who  is  soon  to  go  out  to  teach  young  people.  One  of  the  difficult  problems 
of  the  public  libraries  of  the  present  day,  especially  in  our  large  cities,  is  to  make  closer  the 
union  between  the  public  library  and  the  public  schools.  Many  methods  have  been  adopted  to 
bring  about  better  results  in  improving  the  character  of  the  reading  of  the  children  in  the  schools, 
and  much  valuable  discussion  of  these  methods  may  be  found  in  the  volumes  of  the  Library 
Journal.  Nevertheless  it  still  remains  a  formidable  task  for  one  librarian  in  a  large  city  to  influ- 
ence several  hundred  public  school  teachers  or  to  assist  them  to  any  perceptible  degree  in  learning 
how  to  use  the  library  and  the  books  in  it.     Instruction  of  this  character  should  begin  before  the 


INTRODUCTION  5 

cares  and  busy  hours  of  teaching  take  up  all  the  time,  if  not  all  the  enthusiasm  and  desire  on  the 
part  of  the  teacher. 

A  normal  school  is  generally  provided  with  a  working  collection  of  books.  The  instruction 
should  therefore  include  a  study  of  the  catalog  and  classification  of  its  own  library,  which  must 
be  made  to  conform  as  nearly  as  possible  to  the  best  library  methods.  In  teaching  the  use  of 
reference  books  in  schools,  it  will  often  be  found  necessary  to  take  the  class  to  the  public  library, 
if  the  school  library  does  not  contain  the  most  important  of  these  books.  On  leaving  the  school, 
every  student  should  be  able  to  go  to  a  library  to  look  up  any  information  either  in  catalog,  on 
shelves,  or  in  reference  books. 

The  references  (p.  6-8)  will  call  attention  to  many  articles  in  library  periodicals,  illustrating  courses  now 
given  in  normal  schools. 

HOW  TO  STUDY  REFERENCE  BOOKS 

The  student  should  first  read  the  title-page  and  preface  or  introduction  of  each  reference  book, 
where  the  purpose  of  the  book  is  usually  stated.  Then  examine  the  book  for  special  features, 
including  indexes,  cross-references,!  bibliographies,  etc. 

Several  articles  should  be  examined  and  compared  with  those  on  the  same  subj  ects  in  another 
reference  book. 

Additional  points  to  be  noted  are  :  the  authority  for  the  article,  its  arrangement,  the  date,  the 
treatment  of  the  subject,  whether  technical  or  popular,  whether  concise  or  extended. 

It  is  not  sufficient  that  titles  of  reference  books  should  be  known  to  the  student,  but  syste- 
matic study  should  be  followed  by  constant  reference  to  the  books  by  means  of  set  questions 
which  must  be  looked  up  thoroughly.  As  the  student  progresses,  he  must  not  confine  himself  to 
the  reference  books,  but  consult  the  best  books  on  any  subject  for  fuller,  and  sometimes  more 
authoritative,  information.  Many  text-books  are  the  best  reference  books  on  special  subjects. 
These  have  not  been  included  in  this  list,  which  is  limited  to  the  more  narrow  meaning  of  the 
term  reference  book.  Libraries  such  as  that  of  the  British  Museum,  and  even  others  not  so 
large,  include  the  leading  text-books  and  authorities  in  the  reference  department.  This  should 
be  done  if  the  library  can  afford  to  possess  duplicate  copies. 

Care  should  always  be  taken  to  keep  in  touch  with  what  is  being  published,  the  latest  editions 
and  most  recent  authorities  should  be  noted,  and  when  a  new  work  comes  out,  and  is  found  to 
be  useful  for  some  specific  purpose,  it  should  be  added  to  the  students'  list  of  reference  books. 


: 

QF  T. 

UNIVERSITY  ^ 

n         OF 


BOOKS  AND   ARTICLES 

ON 

REFERENCE  BOOKS  AND  REFERENCE  WORK 


ABBREVIATIONS.  — L.  j.  =  Library  journal.    P.  1.  =  Public  libraries. 


Abbott,  Elizabeth  L.  Bibliography  in  a 
small  library  and  a  List  of  reference  books  for  a 
library  of  from  3000  to  5000  v.     P.  1.  7:  8-13. 

Describes  the  books  mentioned  in  the  list  of  refer- 
ence books,  stating  their  scope  and  value. 

Adams,  Emma  Louise.  Instruction  in  the 
use  of  reference  books  and  libraries  :  in  normal 
and  preparatory  schools  for  teachers.  L.  j.  23 : 
C  84-86. 

Includes  a  report  from  normal  schools  on  work  of 
this  kind  (1898). 

Ames,  Anne  Seymour.  Instruction  in  the 
use  of  reference  books  and  libraries :  in  high 
schools.     L.  j.  23  :  C  86-87. 

Baker,  C.  A.  Reference  books  for  a  small 
library.  (In  Dana,  J:  C.  Library  primer.  1899. 
p.  46-52.) 

Includes  about  75  books,  costing  about  $550.  Gives 
relative  importance  of  books  on  subjects. 

Bolton,  Charles  Knowles.  Library  exam- 
inations in  schools.     L.  j.  20  :  122-123. 

Bostwick,  Arthur  E.  Reference  work  in 
small  circulating  libraries.     P.  1.  5 :  419-422. 

British  museum  —  Library.  List  of  the 
books  of  reference  in  the  reading  room.  Ed.  3. 
475  p.  tab.  O.     Lond.  British  museum,  1889. 

Contains  not  only  books  of  a  strictly  reference  char- 
acter, but  also  representative  works  in  the  various 
classes ;  alphabetically  arranged  by  authors  with  sub- 
ject index. 

Cutter,  Charles  Ammi.  Some  works  of  re- 
ference as  aids  in  cataloguing.  (In  his  Rules 
for  a  dictionary  catalogue.    1891.    p.  128-133.) 

Dana,  John  Cotton.  Reference  work.  (In 
his  Library  primer.    1899.    p.  53-56.) 

Ellis,  Elizabeth.  Instruction  of  school  chil- 
dren in  the  use  of  library  catalogs  and  reference 
books.     P.  1.  4 :  311-314. 

Faxon,  Frederick  Winthrop.  Periodicals 
in  reference  work.     P.  1.  3:  207-209,  252-254. 


Finney,  B.  A.  High  school  instruction  in 
use  of  reference  books.     P.  1.  4 :  315-317. 

Gives  a  general  outline  of  a  course  of  study  in  this 
subject. 

/  Fletcher,  William  Isaac.  Reference  work. 
(In  his  Public  libraries  in  America.  1894. 
p.  73-79.) 

Foster,  William  E.  Assistance  to  readers. 
L.  j.  18:257-258. 

Assistance    to    readers.      (In    Dewey, 

Melvil,  ed.  Papers  prepared  for  the  World's 
library  congress  held  at  the  Columbian  expo- 
sition.   1896.   p.  982-993.) 

How  to  use  the  public  library.    L.  j.  4 : 

447^48. 

Suggestions  for  the  use  of  pupils  in  the  schools; 
refers  to  the  use  of  reference  books. 

The  information  desk.    L.  j.  19  :  368- 

370. 

The  information  desk  at  the  Providence 

public  library.     L.  j.  16  :  271-272. 

Green,  Samuel  Swett.  Aids  and  guides 
for  readers.     L.  j.  7  :  139-147. 

The  report  to  the  American  library  association. 
See  also  reports  of  following  years  on  aids  and 
guides. 

Libraries    as   bureaus   of    information. 

L.  j.  21 :  324-326. 

Library  aids.  10  p.  O.  Wash.  Govern- 
ment printing  office,  1881. 

The  desirableness  of  establishing  per- 
sonal intercourse  and  relations  between  libra- 
rian and  readers  in  public  libraries.  L.  j.  1 : 
74-81. 

Read  at  the  Conference  of  librarians,  Philadelphia. 
1876. 

Hasse,  Adelaide  Rosalia.  Training  of  li- 
brary employes :  reference  work.  L.  j.  20  : 
303-304. 


REFERENCE  WORK 


Hewins,  Caroline  Maria.  How  to  make 
the  most  of  a  small  library.  L.  j.  11  :  SOS- 
SOS. 

Hull,  Charles  H.  Helps  for  cataloguers  in 
finding  full  names.     L.  j.  14  :  7-20. 

An  excellent  list  of  reference  books  for  catalogers. 

John  Crerar  library,  Chicago.  List  of 
books  in  the  reading-room,  Jan.  1900.  251  p. 
O.    Chic.  John  Crerar  library,  1900. 

Not  limited  to  reference  books,  but  includes  the 
most  useful  books  for  a  reference  library.  Especially 
strong  in  technical  sciences. 

Jordan,  William  George.  A  plea  for  refer- 
ence books.     Literary  era,  8  :  52-54. 

Argues  for  a  knowledge  of  the  use  of  these  books 
by  the  general  reader. 

Koopman,  Harry  Lyman.  Reference  books 
and  catalogues.  (In  his  Mastery  of  books.  1896. 
p.  48-62.) 

Little,  George  T.  Helping  inquirers.  L. 
j.  20 :  C  19-20. 

Instruction  in  the  use  of  reference  books 

and  libraries  :  in  colleges.    L.  j.  23  :  C  92. 

Marvin,  Cornelia.  Reference  work  in  the 
Armour  institute  library  class.  P.  1.  2 :  299- 
300. 

Massachusetts  library  club.  Discussion 
on  reference  work.     L.  j.  19  :  382-384. 

Milner,  Ange  V.  Instruction  in  use  of  cata- 
logs and  reference  books  in  normal  schools.  P.  1. 
4 :  324-326. 

Reference  sheets.     P.  1.  2 :  87-88. 

A  method  of  keeping  references  on  subjects. 

Moore,  Evva  L.  Reference  work  and  spe- 
cial lists.     P.  1.  2  :  290-293. 

New  York  (state)  —  Library.  Selection  of 
reference  books  for  use  of  cataloguers  in  find- 
ing full  names.  (In  its  Bulletin;  bibliogra- 
phy, no.  5.     1898.    18  p.)    o.  p. 

New  edition  in  preparation. 

Selected  reference  books.  (In  its  Li- 
brary school  bulletins,  no.  4.  1899.  p.  151- 
214.)    lOcts. 

List  of  reference  books  used  in  the  course  in  refer- 
ence work  in  the  New  York  state  library  school. 
Classified.    Index. 

Osterhout  library,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  Fin- 
ger-posts to  the  reference  library.  (In  its  Li- 
brary news-letter,  Oct.  1898-1902.) 

A  series  of  classified  and  annotated  lists  of  the  re- 
ference books,  including  many  books  not  strictly 
reference. 

Plummer,   Mary  Wright.      Reading-room 


and  reference-room  work.     (In  her  Hints  to 

small  libraries.    1898.   p.  45-^55.) 

With  a  list  of  "  fifty  works  of  reference  of  the  great- 
est use  in  an  average  library." 

Rathbone,  Josephine  Adams.  Instruction 
in  the  use  of  reference  books  and  libraries  in 
high  schools.     L.  j.  23  :  C  87-91. 

Reference  work  in  libraries.  L.  j.  16 : 
297-300. 

Experiences  of  the  Brooklyn  library,  Columbia  col- 
lege library,  and  Pratt  institute  library  in  this  depart- 
ment. 

Reynolds  library,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Re- 
ference catalogue.     324  p.  Q.   Rochester,  1898. 

A  classified  list  of  all  the  books  in  the  reference 
department,  together  with  books  in  the  circulating 
department  which  are  believed  to  be  useful  for  con- 
sultation. The  contents  are  grouped  as:  Bibliography, 
Encyclopaedias  and  general  treatises,  Periodicals  and 
reviews,  Society  transactions  and  publications,  and 
Public  documents.    Author  and  subject  indexes. 

Richardson,  Ernest  Cushing.  Reference- 
books.     L.  j.  18  :  254-257. 

Reference  books.     (In  Dewey,  Melvil, 

ed.  Papers  prepared  for  the  "World's  library 
congress  held  at  the  Columbian  exposition. 
1896.    p.  976-982.) 

One  of  the  important  articles  on  the  subject. 

Salem  — Public  library.  How  to  use  the 
reference  library.     (In  its  Bulletin,  1 :  9-10.) 

San  Francisco  —  Public  library.  Books  in 
the  reference  room.  (In  its  Catalogue,  noi  11,. 
1901.   p.  37-63.) 

A  list  of  reference  books  arranged  alphabetically  by 
subjects. 

Sargent,  Abby  L.  Reference  work  among 
school  children.     L.  j.  20  :  121-122. 

Spofford,  Ainsworth  Rand.  Works  of 
reference  for  libraries.  (In  U.  S. — Bureau  of 
education.  Public  libraries  in  the  U.  S.  1876. 
1 :  686-710.) 

Contains  a  brief  but  well-selected  list,  although  now 
not  recent  enough  for  practical  use. 

Aids  to  readers.    (In  his  Book  for  all 

readers.     1900.  p.  190-214.) 

Stanley,  Harriet  Howard.  Reference  work 
with  children.     L.  j.  26  :  C  74-78. 

Wales,  Elizabeth  B.  Assistants'  class  at 
Braddock  (Pa.)  public  library.     P.  1.  3:  8. 

A  brief  description  of  the  work  done  at  this  library 
in  giving  instruction  to  the  assistants  in  the  use  of 
reference  books. 

Warren,   Irene.    Instruction  in  the  use  of 
books  in  a  normal  school.     P.  1.  3 :  151-153. 
Wellman,  Hiller  Crowell.    Reference  work 


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REFERENCE   WORK 


with  children.  Library  association  record, 
3 :  400-407. 

Wheatley,  Henry  Benjamin.  List  of  refer- 
ence books.  (In  his  How  to  form  a  library. 
1887.   p.  91-129.) 

Winsor,  Justin.  Reference  books  in  Eng- 
lish.    L.  j.  1:247-249. 

A  brief  list  of  the  best  reference  books  for  a  small 
library. 


Principal  reference  books  for  college  li- 
braries. (In  U.  S.  —  Education,  Bureau  of. 
Circulars  of  information,  no.  1,  1880.   p.  9-13.) 

Woodruff,  Eleanor  Berry.  Reference 
work.     L.  j.  22  :  C  65-67,  C  127-129. 

List  of  fifty  reference  books  for  a  small 

popular  library.  (In  Pratt  institute  monthly, 
6  :  123-126.) 

An  annotated  list,  carefully  selected. 


ENCYCLOPEDIAS 

The  word  Encyclopedia  is  derived  from  two  Greek  words,  meaning  circular  and  instruction, 
and  is  applied  to  "a  work  in  which  the  various  topics  included  under  several  or  all  branches  of 
knowledge  are  treated  separately  and  usually  in  alphabetical  order."  (Century  dictionary.) 
The  shorter  form,  cyclopedia,  is  used  with  the  same  meaning,  but  it  is  often  limited  to  a  book  treat- 
ing of  the  various  topics  of  one  branch  of  knowledge. 

In  Encyclopedias  the  articles  are  usually  arranged  in  alphabetical  order  as  the  most  con- 
venient for  ready  reference.  Some,  however,  have  topics  arranged  under  the  general  class 
not  under  the  specific  name  of  the  subject,  as  in  the  Britannica.  In  others  a  classified  method  of 
arrangement  has  been  adopted ;  for  example,  the  Iconographic  encyclopaedia,  where  each  volume 
treats  of  a  separate  class. 

The  following  outline  is  a  condensed  statement  of  the  leading  facts  in  the  history  of  Encyclo- 
pedias. For  fuller  information  consult  the  Century  dictionary,  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  La 
grande  encyclopedic,  Chambers's  Encyclopaedia,  Larousse's  Grand  dictionnaire  (pref.  p.  5-76), 
and  the  chapter  in  Morley's  Diderot  and  the  Encyclopaedists  (1:  117-247). 

Before  the  16th  century  many  attempts  had  been  made  to  present  in  systematic  form  what- 
ever was  known  in  all  branches  of  learning.  Among  the  earliest  of  these  may  be  mentioned 
the  lost  works  of  Terentius  Varro  in  the  first  century  b.  c.  and  the  Historia  naturalis  of  Pliny 
(23-79  a.  d.).  The  Opus  majus  of  Roger  Bacon  in  the  13th  century  was  an  effort  of  the  same 
kind.  During  this  century  many  volumes  appeared  bearing  the  title,  Speculum  (notably  those 
of  Vincent  of  Beauvais),  which  were  the  encyclopedias  of  their  time. 

It  was,  however,  in  1541  that  Ringelberg's  Cyclopedia  gave  the  name  that  has  been  com- 
monly used  for  works  of  this  character,  and  from  that  time  the  number  of  similar  enterprises 
increased  rapidly.  In  the  17th  century,  encyclopedias  were  printed  in  the  vernacular,  the  Latin 
language  having  prevailed  until  that  time.  Bayle's  Dictionnaire  historique  et  critique,  which 
appeared  in  1696,  was  for  a  long  time  an  authority,  and  was  translated  into  English.  It  is  still 
to  be  found  either  in  the  original  or  in  translation  among  reference  books,  and  has  been  in  the 
past  a  source  of  information  for  many  writers,  although  now  it  is  seldom  used. 

ENGLISH  Black,  1875-88.   £36.   (N.  Y.  Scribner,  1878-89. 

In  England  among^the  earlier  encyclopedias  *145)                                                                °32 

of  importance  may  J)e  mentioned  the  Lexicon  This  stm  remains  the  standard  work  of  reference, 

...             ,       ~       iX       Tx       .     /x       i     ^^/\ix  although  many  of  the  articles  are  now  out  of  date, 

techmcum,  by  Dr.  ^fohn  Harris  (Lond.    1704),  The  arrangement  is  under  general  rather  than  specific 

and   the    Cyclopedia  ;  or,    An    universal    die-  subject,  the  index  volume  referring  to  places  in  the 

tionary    of    arts    and    sciences,     by    Ephraim  general  alphabet,  where  a  specific  subject  may  be 

Chambers  (Lond.  1728,   2v.  folio).     The  latter  found-     The  articles  are  lengthy  treatises  in  most 

,               .                ,,                   .         ,.          .  cases,  written  by  authorities,  and  signed,  with  val- 

was  much  superior  to  other  encyclopedias  of  uable  bibliographies  referring  to  sources  appended, 

that  day,  and  is  of  interest  as  forming  the  basis  More  useful  for  the  specialist  than  the  general  reader, 

of  the  famous  French  Encyclopedic  Biographies  of  living  persons  are  omitted. 

The  first  edition    of  the  Encyclopedia  Bri-  .  The  *n(Jex  volume  to  the  Philadelphia  reprint  (991  p.) 

,    .        , .                  _i           i  1S  much  fuller  than  the  index  to  the  English  edition 

tanmca   appeared  in    three    quarto    volumes  (499  p>)#   „  By  its  aidf  every  name  and  every  topic, 

(1768-71)  and  has  since  gone  through  nine  edi-     treated  anywhere  in  this  vast  repository  of  human 
tions.  knowledge,  can  be  traced  out  and  appropriated ;  while 

Encyclopedia  Britannica  ;  a  dictionary  of  without' the  Bv B/'  ™th  a"  its  g5eat  "J6?* '  T^xT 

J .      r  .      *  jr  main  very  much  m  the  nature  of  a  sealed  book  to  the 

arts,    sciences,   and   general  literature.    Ed.  9.  reader  who  stands  in  need  of  immediate  use  and  re- 

24 V.    and   index  vol.    il.    pi.   maps,   Q.     Edin.  ference."  A  R.  Spofford  in  his  Book  for  all  readers. 


10 


ENGLISH.    AMERICAN 


An  American  reprint  of  the  9th  edition  of  the  En- 
cyclopaedia Britannica  (Phil.  Stoddart,  1875-90.  24v. 
and  index,  with  supplement  in  5v.  $75)  contains  the 
same  articles,  with  additional  ones  relating  to  Amer- 
ican subjects  at  the  end  of  each  volume.  It  is  less 
expensive  than  the  English  edition,  though  not  so  well 
printed.    Other  and  cheaper  reprints  have  been  made. 

Supplements  to  the  Encyclopaedia  Britannica  have 
been  compiled  with  the  object  of  furnishing  informa- 
tion on  American  subjects  not  sufficiently  well  treated 
in  the  original  work,  and  including  subjects  omitted 
from  it.  Among  these  are  the  Supplement  published 
by  Stoddart  (N.  Y.  Stoddart,  1882-89.  4v.  $32),  and 
one  edited  by  D.  O.  Kellogg  (Akron,  O.,  Werner,  1900. 
5v.    $12.50.) 

Chambers's  encyclopaedia  ;  a  dictionary  of 
i         universal  knowledge.    New  ed.   lOv.   il.  por. 
maps,    Q.      Lond.    Chambers,   1901,    [c  1892- 
1900].   $20.  (Phil.  Lippincott.)  032 

First  edition  was  published  in  1860-68.  It  is  a  good 
concise  encyclopedia,  probably  not  sufficiently  Ameri- 
can, although  the  later  editions  have  articles  on 
American  subjects  written  by  specialists  in  the  United 
States.  Bibliographical  references.  Not  much  revi- 
sion has  been  made  since  the  1890  edition. 

Quilter,  Harry.  What 's  what ;  a  guide  for 
to-day  to  life  as  it  is  and  things  as  they  are. 
1182  p.  por.  pi.  maps,  D.  Lond.  Sonnenschein, 
1902.  6s.  032 

A  compact  one-volume  encyclopedia,  in  which  the 
first  part  of  the  alphabet  occupies  about  three  quarters 
of  the  book.  Of  not  much  importance,  but  some- 
times found  useful. 

Among  the  old  English  encyclopedias  occa- 
sionally used  may  be  mentioned :  — 

English  cyclopedia,  ed.  by  Charles  Knight  (1854-62, 
22v.  and  Suppl.  1869-73,  4v.). 

Penny  cyclopedia  (1833-43,  27v.). 

Encyclopaedia  Metropolitana  (1817-45,  30v.). 

Rees's  Cyclopaedia  ;  or,  Universal  dictionary  of  arts, 
sciences,  and  literature  (1802-19,  45v.). 

AMERICAN 

The  earliest  American  encyclopedias  appear 
to  have  been  simply  reprints  of  those  published 
in  England.  The  Encyclopaedia  Americana 
(Phil.  1829-33,  13v.)  was  based  on  the  German 
Konversations-lexikon. 

The  most  important  American  encyclopedias 
in  use  at  the  present  time  are  the  following  ■  — 

Universal  cyclopaedia.  New  ed.  prepared 
by  a  large  corps  of  editors  assisted  by  eminent 
European  and  American  specialists,  under  the 
direction  of  C:  K.  Adams.  12 v.  il.  pi.  maps,  Q. 
N.  Y.  Appleton,  1900,  [<•  1874-99],     $63.      031 

Published  originally  in  1874  under  the  title,  John- 
son's Universal  cyclopaedia.  This  is  the  latest  edition 
of  the  most  comprehensive  American  encyclopedia, 
more  nearly  up  to  date  than  any  other.  Entry  is  made 
under  specific  subject  and  articles  are  signed.    Scien- 


tific articles  are  good.  Contains  biographies  of  living 
persons.  Colored  plates  and  maps.  Bibliographies 
appended  to  each  article. 

This  new  edition  is  not  a  thorough  revision  ;  the  old 
plates  have  been  used,  slight  modifications  having 
been  made  where  it  would  not  affect  the  use  of  the  old 
plates.  An  appendix  (about  20  pages)  to  each  volume 
gives  new  articles.  Maps  and  illustrations  have  been 
altered.  The  work  has  been  unnecessarily  extended 
from  8  to  12  volumes  without  the  addition  of  a  corre- 
sponding revision. 

American  cyclopaedia ;   a  popular  diction- 
ary of  general  knowledge,  ed.  by  George  Rip- 
ley and  C:  A.  Dana.     16 v.  il.  maps,  Q.   N.  Y.      * 
Appleton,  1883,  [c  73-83].     $80.  031 

General  and  analytical  index  ...  by 

T.  J.  Conant  and  Blandina  Conant.  854  p.  Q. 
N.  Y.  Appleton,  1888.   $5.  031 

The  first  edition  of  the  cyclopaedia  bore  the  title, 
New  American  cyclopaedia  (1861-63,  16v.). 

The  advance  of  knowledge  since  the  publication  of 
the  last  volume  in  1883  makes  the  work  now  out  of 
date  for  many  subjects.  It  is  supplemented  by  the 
Annual  cyclopaedia,  but  with  the  supplements  is  too 
large  a  work  for  ready  reference. 

Appleton's  annual  cyclopaedia  and  register 
of  important  events  in  1876-95.  New  ser.  20  v. 
por.  pi.  maps,  Q.  N.  Y.  Appleton,  1888-96.  $5 
per  vol.  031 

Ser.  3, 1896-1901.   v.  1-6,  por.  pi.  maps, 

Q.    N.  Y.  Appleton,  1897-1902.*    $5  per  vol. 

031 

Analytical  index  to  the  supplements  of 

the  American  cyclopaedia.  (See  American 
cyclopaedia.  General  and  analytical  index. 
1888.)   $5.  031 

The  first  series  (published  yearly  1861-75  with  gen- 
eral index)  was  called  the  American  annual  cyclo- 
paedia. The  second  series  forms  a  supplement  to  the 
American  cyclopaedia.  Each  volume  contains  the 
history  of  the  world  for  the  year,  biographical  sketches 
of  prominent  men  with  portraits,  a  necrology,  sketch 
of  the  literature  of  the  year,  and  other  valuable  his- 
torical and  statistical  matter,  the  whole  arranged 
alphabetically.  The  full  alphabetical  index  to  the 
second  sei-ies  will  be  found  in  volume  20,  while  the 
index  in  the  volumes  of  the  third  series  is  cumula- 
tive. 

International  cyclopaedia;  a  compendium 
of  universal  knowledge.  New  ed.  15  v.  il.  pi. 
maps,  Q.   N.  Y.  Dodd,  1894,  [c  '85-94].   $45. 

031 

Superseded  by  the  New  international  encyclopaedia, 

which  is  thoroughly  revised.    It  is  to  be  completed  in 

17  vols.,  of  which  v.  1  has  been  published  ($5  per  vol.). 

International  year  book ;  a  compendium  of 
the  world's  progress  in  every  department  of 

*  Continued  annually. 


AMERICAN.    FRENCH 


11 


human  knowledge,  1898-1901.  v.  1-4,  por.  pi. 
maps,  O.  N.  Y.  Dodd,  [«  1899-1902].*  $4  per 
vol.  031 

Similar  in  scope  to  Appleton's  Annual  cyclopaedia, 
but  the  entries  are  made  under  more  specific  topics. 
Designed  to  supplement  encyclopedias. 

People's  cyclopedia  of  universal  know- 
ledge. ...  Ed.  by  W.  H.  De  Puy  and  H.  F. 

Reddall.  New  ed.  rev.  and  enl.  6v.  il.  maps, 
Q.   N.  Y.  Eaton,  [c  1895-96].     $24.  031 

Smaller  than  the  others  and  of  minor  importance, 
but  the  appendix  in  vol.  6  contains  useful  miscella- 
neous information. 

An  encyclopedia  which  differs  in  its  treat- 
ment of  subjects  and  in  its  arrangement,  not 
so  useful  for  the  general  public,  but  of  occa- 
sional assistance  to  the  special  student  is  :  — 

Iconographic  encyclopaedia  of  the  arts 
and  sciences ;  tr.  fr.  the  German  of  the  Bil- 
der-atlas,  iconographische  encyclopaedic ;  rev. 
and  enl.  by  eminent  American  specialists.  7  v. 
il.  pi.  maps,  Q.  Phil.  Iconographic  pub.  co., 
1886-90.    $7  per  vol.  031 

No  more  published. 

Contents  :  1.  Anthropology,  ethnology  and  ethno- 
graphy ;  2.  Archaeology,  history  of  culture  ;  3.  Paint- 
ing and  sculpture  ;  4.  Architecture  ;  5.  Constructive 
arts  ;  6.  Applied  mechanics  ;  7.  Principles  of  geology. 

This  is  an  anglicized  edition  of  the  German  Bilder- 
atlas  (Brockhaus),  an  earlier  edition  of  which  was 
translated  by  J.  G.  Heck  (1851,  in  4v.  text  and  2v. 
plates).  The  new  edition  is  revised  and  enlarged  by 
American  specialists.  It  includes  "  those  branches  of 
human  knowledge  whose  acquisition  can  be  facili- 
tated and  whose  principles  made  clear  by  pictorial 
representation."  The  arrangement  is  not  alphabet- 
ical but  classed,  related  subjects  being  grouped  to- 
gether, and  indexes  at  the  end  of  each  volume  refer 
under  the  specific  subject  to  the  page  where  informa- 
tion and  plates  will  be  found. 

Willsey,  Joseph  H.  Harper's  book  of  facts ; 
a  classified  history  of  the  world,  embracing 
science,  literature,  and  art,  ed.  by  C.  T.  Lewis. 
954  p.  Q.   N.  Y.  Harper,  1895.   $8.  031 

A  useful  work,  very  concise  in  its  treatment  of 
events,  persons,  and  places.  Convenient  chronolo- 
gical outlines  of  the  history  of  cities  and  countries  will 
be  found  under  their  names. 

Champlin,  John  Denison,  jr.  Young  folks' 
cyclopaedia  of  common  things.  Ed.  2  enl.  850  p. 
il.  pi.  O.    N.  Y.  Holt,  1896.   $2.50.  J  031 

An  attempt  "  to  bring  cyclopaedic  knowledge  within 
the  range  of  a  child's  intellect."  Articles  very  brief 
and  simply  told.    Index. 

Young  folks'  cyclopaedia  of  persons  and 

places.   Ed.  2.   936  p.  0.  O.    N.  Y.  Holt,  1895, 

[c'80-91].  $2.50.  J  031 

*  Continued  annually. 


Supplements  the  preceding  by  giving  biographical 
and  geographical  information.  These  cyclopedias  are 
most  useful  in  the  children's  room. 

Many  encyclopedias  published  earlier  than 
those  here  mentioned,  while  for  every -day  use 
now  out  of  date,  contain  much  information  that 
is  occasionally  needed.  Among  these  may  be 
mentioned  :  Brande  &  Cox's  Dictionary  of  sci- 
ence, literature,  and  art  (1875,  3v.),  and  Zell's 
Popular  encyclopaedia  (1875-76,  2v.). 

FRENCH 

In  France,  during  the  18th  century,  the  fa- 
mous Encyclopedic  was  conspicuous  above 
all  others  of  the  time.  This  was  the  work  of 
Diderot  &  D'Alembert,  aided  by  many  of  the 
most  able  writers  of  that  period,  and  was  based 
on  a  French  translation  of  the  Cyclopedia  of 
Ephraim  Chambers.  The  Encyclopedic  was 
published  in  Paris  and  Neufchatel  in  28  vols., 
1751-72,  and  was  followed  by  a  supplement 
in  5  vols.,  Amsterdam,  1776-77,  and  an  ana- 
lytical index,  Paris,  1780.  It  was  of  the  greatest 
influence  in  spreading  revolutionary  thought 
in  France.  Several  editions  were  published 
outside  of  France,  and  it  served  as  a  model 
for  many  other  encyclopedias. 

For  further  information  about  this  most  interesting 
work,  see  Morley's  chapter  on  the  Encyclopaedia  in  his 
Diderot  and  the  Encyclopaedists,  1891,  1:  117-247,  and 
D'Alembert's  Discours  pr^liminaire  de  l'encyclope- 
die,  Paris,  1893. 

The  French  encyclopedias  of  the  present  time 
are  of  importance  to  every  library  as  the  most 
convenient  source  for  information  regarding 
European  subjects. 

La  grande  encyclopedic ;  inventaire  rai- 
sonne  des  sciences,  des  lettres  et  des  arts,  par 
une  societe  de  savantes  et  des  gens  de  lettres. 
v.  1-30,  il.  pi.  maps,  sq.  Q.  Paris,  Lamirault, 
1885-1901.    30  fr.  per  vol.  034 

Not  yet  completed. 

Articles  are  prepared  and  signed  by  specialists  and 
give  a  brief  bibliography  of  the  subject.  Fuller  than 
Larousse. 

Larousse,  Pierre  Athanase.  Grand  dic- 
tionnaire  universel  du  xixe  siecle.  .  .  .  17v.  Q. 
Paris,  Larousse,  1866-90.    $105.  034 

v.  16-17  are  supplements. 

Definitions  and  derivations  of  words  are  given,  thus 
combining  a  dictionary  with  an  encyclopedia. 

Nouveau  Larousse  illustre  ;  dictionnaire 

universel  encyclopedique.    v.  1-4,  il.  pi.  maps, 
F.  Paris,  Larousse,  1898-1901.  $6  per  vol.   034 
To  be  completed  in  7  vols. 


12 


ENCYCLOPEDIAS 


GERMAN 

The  German  encyclopedias  include  some  of 
the  most  voluminous  undertakings  of  the  kind. 
The  Allgemeine  encyclopadie  der  wissen- 
schaften  und  kilnste,  edited  by  the  scholars 
Ersch  and  Gruber,  is  the  most  extended.  This 
great  work  was  begun  in  1818,  and  at  present 
more  than  170  volumes  have  appeared  at  inter- 
vals in  three  sections.  Each  subject  is  treated 
exhaustively,  and  many  valuable  contributions 
by  specialists  make  it  an  important  reference 
work.  Its  usefulness,  however,  is  limited  in 
this  country  to  a  few  scholars. 

The  "Konversations-lexicons,"  which  have 
been  so  popular  in  Germany,  are  better  known 
to  our  American  libraries  than  any  other  German 
reference  books.  They  have  been  used  as 
models  by  later  American  encyclopedists  in 
their  compilations.  The  Konversations-lexicon 
of  Brockhaus  and  that  of  Meyer  hold  an  al- 
most equally  important  place  in  reference  de- 
partments. 

Brockhaus,  Friedrich  Arnold.  Brockhaus's 
conversations  -  lexicon  ;  allgemeine  deutsche 
real-encyklopadie.  Ed.  14  enl.  17v.  il.  pi. 
maps,  Q.    Lpz.  Brockhaus,  1892-95.   170m. 

033 

v.  17  is  a  supplementary  volume. 

v.  1-6  of  the  15th  edition  have  been  published  at  12m. 
per  vol. 

Begun  in  1796  by  Lobel,  it  was  taken  up  by  Brock- 
haus in  1808.  The  first  edition  bore  the  title  Damens- 
lexicon. 

"No  encyclopaedia  has  been  more  useful  and  suc- 
cessful, or  more  frequently  copied,  imitated,  and 
translated."  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  article  En- 
cyclopaedias. 

Meyer,  Hermann  Julius.  Meyer's  konver- 
sations-lexicon ;  eine  encyklopadie  des  allge- 
meinen  wissens.  Ed.  5  enl.  21v.  il.  pi.  maps, 
O.  Lpz.  Bibliog.  instituts,  1893-1901.  10m. 
per  vol.  033 

v.  18  contains  the  index  and  some  supplementary 
articles ;  v.  19-21  are  annual  supplements  arranged 
alphabetically.  The  volumes  contain  many  illustra- 
tions and  colored  plates. 

"In  completeness  and  compression  the  best  of  its 
kind."     Chambers's  Encyclopaedia. 

Some  important  encyclopedias  in  the  other 
continental  languages  will  be  found  in  large 
libraries,  and  are  necessary  in  looking  up  full 


information  regarding  foreign  affairs.  Among 
these  may  be  mentioned  :  — 

ITALIAN 

Nuova  enciclopedia  italiana;  ovvero,  Dizi- 
onario  generale  di  scienze,  lettere,  industrie,  ecc. 
Ed.  6  enl.  25 v.  in  26,  il.  pi.  F.  Torino,  Unione 
tipografico-editrice  Torinese,  1875-88.  035 

Supplemento  raccolta  di  monografie  sui 

recenti  progressi  delle  scienze,  delle  arti  e  delle 
industrie,  di  biografie,  di  notizie  storiche,  geo- 
grafiche,  statistiche,  ecc.  5v.  in  6,  il.  pi.  F. 
Torino,  Unione  tipografico-editrice  Torinese, 
1889-99.  035 

SPANISH 

Diccionario  enciclopedico  hispano-ameri- 

cano  de  literatura,   ciencias  y  artes.    23v.  il. 

pi.  maps,  F.    Barcelona,  Montaner  y  Simon, 

1887-98.  036 

NORWEGIAN 

Nordisk  familjebok ;  konversationslexikon 
och  real-encyklopedi.  20v.  il.  pi.  maps,  O. 
Stockholm,  1876-99.  033.9 

v.  19-20  are  supplements. 

The  largest  encyclopedia  is  one  published 
in  China,  a  copy  of  which  has  been  placed  in 
the  British  museum,  consisting  of  5020  native 
volumes  bound  in  1000  volumes. 

In  using  general  encyclopedias,  the  student 
should  bear  in  mind  the  following  points  :  — 

(a)  Whether  the  information  wanted  would 
be  affected  by  the  date  of  the  article. 

(b)  Whether  the  article  wanted  should  be  a 
brief  statement  or  a  more  exhaustive  treatise  on 
the  subject.  Whether  it  should  be  technical  or 
popular. 

(c)  Whether  the  encyclopedia  in  hand  enters 
under  the  general  or  the  specific  subj  ect.  In  the 
Britannica  one  would  find  the  smaller  subjects 
treated  under  the  class  which  includes  them  ; 
in  Johnson  and  others  they  are  usually  to  be 
found  under  their  own  headings. 

(d)  To  use  the  indexes  and  cross-references  if 
the  subject  is  not  treated  under  the  word  for 
which  one  looks. 

(e)  To  observe  the  bibliographical  references 
at  the  end  of  the  articles  and  follow  up  a  sub- 
ject by  consulting  the  best  authorities  on  it. 


DICTIONARIES 


The  origin  of  the  word  is  from  the  Latin  dictionarium,  which  means  a  word-book.  It  was 
probably  first  employed  in  this  sense  by  Joannes  de  Garlanda  (d.  1250  a.  d.).  For  the  uses  of  the 
word  consult  the  Century  dictionary,  and  for  its  history  the  Introduction  to  Worcester's  Dic- 
tionary, Tucker's  Our  common  speech,  p.  95-150,  Williams's  Our  dictionaries  and  other  English 
language  topics,  p.  5-44,  and  Baynes's  Shakespeare  studies  and  Essay  on  English  dictiona- 
ries, p.  358-409.  An  interesting  history  of  English  dictionaries  is  to  be  found  in  James  A.  H. 
Murray's  Evolution  of  English  lexicography,  1900,  51  p.  A  bibliography  of  dictionaries  still* 
useful,  though  not  recent,  is  Trubner's  Catalogue  of  dictionaries  and  grammars  of  the  world 
(Lond.  Trubner,  1882). 


ENGLISH 

The  earliest  English  dictionary  of  impor- 
tance was  Nathan  Bailey's  An  universal  ety- 
mological English  dictionary  (1721).  Pre- 
vious to  the  publication  of  this  work,  there 
had  been  no  attempt  to  prepare  a  dictionary  of 
all  the  words  in  the  English  language.  Many 
glossaries  of  difficult  words  had  been  compiled 
during  the  17th  century,  but  they  were  not 
what  we  now  mean  when  we  speak  of  diction- 
aries. 

After  Bailey's  great  work,  the  next  iinpor* 
tant  dictionary  was  that  by  the  celebrated  au- 
thor and  lexicographer,  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson, 
which  is  now  better  known  than  any  of  the 
dictionaries  that  appeared  in  the  18th  century. 
It  was  published  in  1755  (2  vols,  folio),  and 
was  used  as  a  basis  for  other  dictionaries  by 
many  compilers.  The  publication  of  John- 
son's Dictionary  "formed  a  greater  era  than 
that  of  any  other  work.  No  other  dictionary 
has  had  so  much  influence  in  fixing  the  exter- 
nal form  of  the  language  and  ascertaining  and 
settling  the  meaning  and  proper  use  of  words." 
Worcester. 

Many  dictionaries  followed  Johnson's,  but 
there  were  none  of  much  value  until  the  ap- 
pearance of  Charles  Richardson's  New  dic- 
tionary of  the  English  language,  which  was 
published  in  1838  (2  vols.  4°).  In  this  work 
more  attention  was  paid  to  the  history  of 
words,  showing  by  numerous  quotations  their 
meanings  and  any  changes  in  meaning  they 
may  have  undergone.  This  dictionary  is  still 
ranked  high  among  scholars. 

We  now  come  to  the  dictionaries  of  the  pre- 


sent day,  which  for  practical  use  have  super- 
seded the  earlier  ones.  The  most  comprehen- 
sive is :  — 

Murray,  James  Augustus  Henry.  New 
English  dictionary  on  historical  principles, 
v.  1-5,  F.  Ox.  Clarendon  press,  1888-1900. 
52s.  6d.  per  vol.  423 

Founded  mainly  on  the  materials  collected  by  the 
Philological  society,  since  1857.  The  interesting  his- 
tory of  this  undertaking  is  told  in  the  preface. 

Very  full  on  the  philological  side,  it  includes  Eng- 
lish words  now  in  general  use,  or  those  in  use  at  any 
time  during  the  past  700  years,  giving  their  meaning, 
origin,  and  history,  with  a  large  number  of  quota- 
tions from  English  writers  to  illustrate  the  history 
and  use  of  words. 

On  account  of  the  slow  progress  made  in  publishing 
this  great  work,  it  will  probably  be  many  years  before 
it  is  completed.    Vol.  5  to  K. 

It  is  a  dictionary  for  the  scholar  rather  than  for 
popular  use. 

Known  also  as  the  Oxford  dictionary. 

Other  English  dictionaries  of  importance 
are :  Stormonth's  Dictionary  of  the  English  lan- 
guage (N.  Y.  Scribner,  1899.  $9);  Ogilvie's 
Imperial  dictionary  (Lond.  Blackie,  1882-83. 
4v.  £5),  encyclopedic  in  character  ;  Hunter's 
Encyclopaedic  dictionary  (Lond.  Cassell,  1879- 
88.  7v.  Q.  21s.  per  vol.),  which  has  been  re- 
printed in  America  (Phil.  Syndicate  pub.  co. 
1895.   4v. 


AMERICAN 

During  the  past  fifty  years,  two  dictionaries 
have  been  published  in  the  United  States  which 
hold  about  equal  rank  as  authorities.  The  un- 
abridged editions  of  Worcester's  and  of  Web- 
ster's dictionaries  have  gone  through  many 
revisions.   Webster's  dictionary  was  for  many 


14 


DICTIONARIES 


years  considered  the  authority  for  derivation 
and  definition  of  words,  while  Worcester's  was 
quoted  as  authority  for  pronunciation.  The 
International  dictionary,  the  latest  edition  of 
Webster,  combines  all  the  advantages  of  both. 
Webster,  Noah.  International  dictionary 
of  the  English  language.  2011  p.  il.  por.  F. 
Sprgf.  [Mass.],  Merriam,  1891,  [c  '64-90].   $12. 

423 

The  first  edition  of  Webster  appeared  in  1828.  A 
later  edition  than  the  one  above  (1900)  contains  in  a 
supplement  a  list  of  about  25,000  new  words  (238  p.). 
The  supplement  will  probably  be  overlooked  by  the 
majority  of  users.  The  1902  edition  contains  in  addi- 
tion a  Reference  history  of  the  world,  with  index. 
.  "  The  last  edition  of  Webster,  the  International,  is, 
perhaps,  the  best  of  one  volume  dictionaries."  Mur- 
ray in  his  Evolution  of  English  lexicography,  1900. 

Worcester,  Joseph  Emerson.  Dictionary 
of  the  English  language.  New  ed.  enl.  2126  p. 
il.  por.  pi.  Q.     Phil.  Lippincott,  1891.   $10. 

423 

Worcester's  first  dictionary  was  published  in  1830. 
A  new  and  much  enlarged  edition  is  in  preparation. 
There  is  an  introduction  on  the  history  of  English 
lexicography  and  a  catalogue  of  English  dictionaries. 

Both  Worcester's  and  Webster's  dictionaries 
contain  useful  appendixes  which  are  similar  in 
scope :  — 

Dictionary  of  noted  fictitious  persons,  places,  etc. 

Pronouncing  dictionary  of  biography. 

Pronouncing  dictionary  of  Christian  names. 

Pronouncing  gazetteer  of  the  world. 

Pronouncing  dictionary  of  Scripture  proper  names. 

Pronouncing  dictionary  of  Greek  and  Latin  proper 
names. 

Dictionary  of  foreign  quotations,  phrases,  etc. 

Tables  of  abbreviations  used  in  writing  and  print- 
ing. 

Tables  of  signs  used  in  writing  and  printing. 

Whitney,  William  Dwight.  Century  dic- 
tionary ;  an  encyclopedic  lexicon  of  the  English 
language.  6  v.  il.  F.  K  Y.  Century  co.,  [c  1889- 
1901].   $60.  423 

"  The  plan  includes  three  things :  the  construction 
of  a  general  dictionary  of  the  English  language  which 
shall  be  serviceable  for  every  literary  and  practical 
use ;  —  a  more  complete  collection  of  the  technical 
terms  of  various  sciences,  arts,  trades,  and  profes- 
sions than  has  yet  been  attempted  ;  —  and  the  addi- 
tion to  the  definitions  proper  of  such  related  encyclo- 
pedic matter,  with  pictorial  illustrations,  as  shall 
constitute  a  convenient  book  of  general  reference." 
Preface. 

Supplemented  by  the  Century  Cyclopedia  of  names 
and  Century  atlas,  which  see. 

The  most  comprehensive  American  dictionary. 

The  latest  edition,  1901,  includes  all  the  revisions 
that  have  been  made  since  the  first  edition  in  1891, 
thus  giving  the  most  recent  information. 


Funk,  Isaac  K.,  and  others.  Standard  dic- 
tionary of  the  English  language.  .  .  .  2v.  il. 
pi.  sq.  Q.  N.  Y.  Funk,  1893.  $18  (one  vol. 
ed.  $15).  423 

A  new  edition  (1901)  has  11  p.  of  addenda,  containing 
1100  new  words. 

It  is  encyclopedic  in  character,  giving  fuller  expla- 
nations of  things  than  is  usual  in  a  dictionary,  and  it 
contains  some  words  not  to  be  found  in  other  dic- 
tionaries. Illustrations  and  plates  are  good.  Apx. 
contains  list  of  proper  names  of  all  kinds,  with  their 
pronunciations,  and  other  miscellaneous  information 
similar  to  the  appendixes  of  Webster  and  Worcester. 

A  supplementary  volume  of  maps  has  been  pub- 
lished, but  is  not  important. 

Students'  edition  of  a  Standard  dic- 
tionary of  the  English  language.  .  .  .  915p.il. 
O.   N.  Y.  Funk,  1898.    $2.50.  423 

Abridged  from  the  preceding.  An  excellent  small 
dictionary. 

ETYMOLOGY 

For  the  etymology  of  the  English  language, 
the  best  authority,  so  far  as  it  has  been  pub- 
lished, is  Murray's  New  English  dictionary. 
A  smaller  but  very  useful  volume,  and  the  best 
concise  dictionary  is  :  — 

Skeat,   Walter    William.       Etymological 
dictionary  of  the  English  language.    Ed.  2.       / 
844  p.  sq.  Q.    Ox.  Clarendon  press,  1893.     £2 
4s.  422 

"  Each  article  begins  with  a  word,  the  etymology  of 
which  is  to  be  sought ;  then  a  brief  definition  merely 
as  a  mark  to  identify  the  word  ;  next  an  exact  state- 
ment of  the  actual  or  probable  language  whence  the 
word  is  taken,  with  an  account  of  the  channel  or  chan- 
nels through  which  it  has  reached  us."    Preface. 

A  few  quotations  are  given. 

SYNONYMS 

Books  of  synonyms  are  in  constant  use  to 
distinguish  words  of  similar  meaning,  and  to 
assist  in  obtaining  a  variety  of  expression.  Of 
these  the  best  are  :  — 

Crabb,  George.      English  synonymes    ex- 
plained in  alphabetical  order.   New  ed.  enl.        / 
856  p.  O.    N.  Y.  Harper,  1892.    $1.25.  424 

Quotations  from  the  best  writers  illustrating  the 
use  of  the  words  are  given. 

Fernald,  James  Champlin.  English  syn- 
onyms and  antonyms ;  with  notes  on  the  cor- 
rect use  of  prepositions.  564  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Funk,  1896.   $1.50.  424 

Fellows,  Samuel.  Complete  handbook  of 
synonyms  and  antonyms.  512  p.  D.  N.  Y. 
Rev  ell,  1886.    $1.  424 

Contains,  in  an  appendix  :  Briticisms  and  American- 


ENGLISH 


15 


isms,  prepositions,  discriminated  foreign  phrases,  list 
of  abbreviations,  colloquial  phrases,  homonyms. 

Smith,  Charles  John.  Synonyms  discrimi- 
nated ;  a  dictionary  of  synonymous  words  in 
the  English  language.  .  .  .  Ed.  5enl.  781  p.  D. 
N.  Y.  Holt,  1896.    $2.  424 

Derivation  of  words  is  given.  Discriminates  more 
closely  than  the  others  as  to  use  of  words.    Index. 

Soule,  Richard.  Dictionary  of  English 
synonymes  and  synonymous  parallel  expres- 
sions. New  ed.  enl.  488  p.  O.  Phil.  Lippin- 
cott,  1892,  [c  71-91].    $2.25.  424 

Roget,  Peter  Mark.  Thesaurus  of  Eng- 
lish words  and  phrases.  .  .  .  New  ed.  enl. 
429  +  271  p.  O.  Bost.  De  Wolfe,  [pref.  1852-79]. 
$2.  424 

"  A  collection  of  words  of  the  English  language  and 
of  the  idiomatic  combinations  peculiar  to  it,  arranged 
not  in  alphabetical  order,  .  .  .  but  according  to  the 
ideas  which  they  express.  .  .  .  Object :  The  idea  being 
given  to  find  the  word  or  words  by  which  that  idea  may 
be  most  fltly  and  aptly  expressed."    Preface. 

Classification  :  abstract  relations,  space,  matter,  in- 
tellect, volition,  affection. 

Alphabetical  index. 

AMERICANISMS  AND  SLANG 

Bartlett,  John  Russell.  Dictionary  of 
Americanisms.  .  .  .  Ed.  4  enl  813  p.  O.  Bost. 
Little,  1889,  [''59-77].   $4.  427.9 

A  vocabulary  of  the  words  and  phrases  peculiar  to 
the  United  States  ;  with  quotations  illustrating  their 
use. 

Barrere,  Albert,  and  Leland,  C:  G.  Dic- 
tionary of  slang,  jargon,  and  cant.  .  .  .  2 v. 
sq.  O.    Edin.  Ballantyne  press,  1889.     £2  15s. 

427 
Includes    English,    American,    and    Anglo-Indian 
slang,  pidgin  English,  tinkers'  jargon,  and  other  ir- 
regular phraseology.    Gives  meanings  and  many  quo- 
tations illustrating  use  of  the  expressions. 

OBSOLETE  AND  PROVINCIAL 

Halliwell-Phillipps,  James  Orchard.  Dic- 
tionary of  archaic  and  provincial  words,  obso- 
lete phrases,  proverbs,  and  ancient  customs 
from  the  14th  century.  Ed.  11.  2v.  O.  Lond. 
Reeves,  1887-89.   $5.  427 

Explains  the  meaning  of  many  words  which  have 
become  obsolete  during  the  last  four  centuries,  and 
gives  references  and  quotations  illustrating  the  use  of 
the  words. 

Wright,  Thomas.    Dictionary  of  obsolete 

and  provincial  English.  ...    2v.   D.     Lond. 

Bell,  1886.    10s.  427 

Gives  meanings  of  words  that  have  become  obsolete, 


and  of  words  which  are  now  used  only  in  the  provin- 
cial dialects ;  with  references  and  quotations. 

DIALECTS 

Wright,  Joseph.  English  dialect  dictionary ; 
being  the  complete  vocabulary  of  all  dialect 
words  still  in  use,  or  known  to  have  been  in 
use  during  the  last  200  years  ;  founded  on  the 
publications  of  the  English  dialect  society.  .  .  . 
v.  1-3,  sq.  F.  Lond.  Frowde,  1898-1902.  80s. 
per  vol.  427 

Illustrative  quotations  from  standard  authors  are 
given.    To  be  completed  in  6  vols. 

Morris,  Edward  Ellis.  Austral  English ; 
a  dictionary  of  Australasian  words,  phrases, 
and  usages,  with  those  aboriginal-Australian 
and  Maori  words  which  have  become  incorpo- 
rated in  the  language,  and  the  common  scien- 
tific words  that  have  had  their  origin  in  Aus- 
tralasia. 525  p.  O.  Lond.  Macmillan,  1898. 
16s.  427.9 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Fennell,  Charles  Augustus  Maude.  Stan- 
ford dictionary  of  anglicised  words  and  phrases. 
826  p.  sq.  Q.  Camb.  [Eng.]  Univ.  press,  1892. 
(Macmillan.)   $8.  423 

Objects  :  M  To  enable  the  English  reader  to  find  out 
the  meaning  and  history  of  the  foreign  words  and 
phrases  which  occur  so  frequently  in  English  liter- 
ature ;  2d,  to  register  the  increase  of  the  English 
vocabulary  directly  due  to  the  adoption  and  naturali- 
zation of  foreign  words  since  the  introduction  of 
printing ;  3d,  to  record  all  English  words  of  foreign 
origin  which  have  retained  or  reverted  to  their  native 
form."   Preface. 

Quotations  to  illustrate  words. 

Walker,  John.  Rhyming  dictionary  of 
the  English  language.  .  .  .  rev.  and  enl.  by 
J.  Longmuir.  720  p.  O.  Lond.  Routledge,  1890. 
$1.50.  426 

First  published  in  1775. 

A  collection  of  rhymes,  arranged  according  to  the 
letters  the  words  end  with. 

Apx.  contains  an  index  to  all  perfect  rhymes  of  a 
different  orthography  and  allowable  rhymes  of  a  dif- 
ferent sound. 

Phyfe,  William  Henry  Pinkney.  Seven 
thousand  words  often  mispronounced.  .  .  .  New 
ed.  574  p.  S.  N.  Y.  Putnam,  1901,  [c  '89-94]. 
$1.  421.5 

This  edition  has  a  supplement  of  over  1400  additional 
words.  The  work  embraces  :  diflicu'ties  in  English 
pronunciation,  proper  names,  and  phrases  from  for- 
eign languages. 

ANGLO-SAXON 
Bosworth,   Joseph.    Anglo-Saxon   diction- 


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DICTIONARIES 


ary ;  ed.  and  enl.  by  T.  N.  Toller.    1302  p.  sq. 

Q.     Ox.  Clarendon  press,  1882.  72s.         429.3 

Sweet,  Henry.     The  student's  dictionary  of 

S     Anglo-Saxon.  ...  217  p.  sq.  O.    N.  Y.  Mac- 

millan,  1897.     $1.75.  429.3 

MIDDLE-ENGLISH 

Stratmann,      Francis      Henry.      Middle- 
English  dictionary,  containing  words  used  by 
V      English  writers  from  the  12th  to  the  15th  cen- 
tury ;  rev.  and  enl.  by  Henry  Bradley.    708  p. 
Q.    N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1891.    $8.  427 

GERMAN 

Flugel,  Felix.  Universal  English-German 
and  German-English  dictionary.  Ed.  4  enl. 
2v.  in  3,  Q.    Brns.  Westermann,  1891.    $16.50. 

433-2 

"  It  is  destined  to  remain  for  a  long  period  the  stand- 
ard dictionary  of  reference  for  translating  between 
English  and  German. ' '    Nation,  54 :  155. 

Other  good  German  dictionaries  are  those  by 
Muret-Sanders  (Ber.  Langenscheidt,  4v.  $12), 
and  Thieme-Preusser  (Hamburg,  Handeke. 
12.59  m.). 

Grimm,  Jacob,  and  Grimm,  Wilhelm. 
Deutsches  worterbuch.  v.  1-9,  11-12,  Q.  Lpz. 
Hirzel,  1854-99.    about  $70.  433 

Covers  the  alphabet  from  A  to  Sinn  and  parts  of  G, 
T,  and  V.  The  standard  dictionary,  more  historical 
than  etymological ;  quotations  illustrating  the  use  of 
words  are  given. 

FRENCH 

Edgren,  Hjalmar,  and  Burnet,  P.  B.  French 
and  English  dictionary,  with  indication  of  pro- 
nunciation, etymologies,  and  dates  of  earliest 
appearance  of  French  words  in  the  English 
language.    1252  p.  O.    N.  Y.  Holt,  1901.  $2.50. 

443.2 

Other  French  dictionaries  of  merit  are  those 
by  Hamilton  &  Legros  (Paris,  Fouraut,  1896, 
2v.  $6.50),  and  Spiers  &  Surenne  (N.  Y.  Apple- 
ton,  1886.     $5). 

Littre,  Emile.  Dictionnaire  de  la  langue 
francaise.  4v.  and  lv.  sup.  F.  Paris,  Hachette, 
1873-78.    100  fr.  443 

One  of  the  standard  dictionaries. 

Villatte,  Ce*saire,  and  Sachs,  Karl.  En- 
cyklopadisches  franz5sisches-deutsches  und 
deutsch-franzSsisches  worterbuch.  Ed.  11  rev. 
and  enl.  2v.  Q.  Ber.  Langenscheidt,  1899. 
$4.50.  443.3 

v.  1,  French-German ;  v.  2,  German-French. 


ITALIAN 
»  Davenport,  John,  and  Comelati,  Gugliel- 
mo.  New  dictionary  of  the  Italian  and  English 
languages,  based  upon  that  of  Baretti.  2  v.  O. 
Lond.  Whittaker,  [pref.  1854],  £1  Is.  453.2 
Others  are  by  Millhouse  (N.  Y.  Appleton,  2v. 
$5.50)  and  Melzi  (Lond.  Hirschfeld.     $2). 

SPANISH 

Velazquez  de  la  Cadena,  Mariano.  Pro- 
nouncing dictionary  of  the  Spanish  and  Eng- 
lish languages.  New  ed.  rev.  and  enl.  by 
Edward  Gray  and  J.  L.  Iribas.  2 v.  in  1,  Q. 
N.  Y.  Appleton,  1901.   $6.  463.2 

PORTUGUESE 
Michaelis,  H.     New  dictionary  of  the  Por- 
tuguese and  English  languages.     2v.  O.    Lpz. 
Brockhaus,  1893.    $11.  469.3 

v.  1,  Portuguese-English  ;  v.  2,  English-Portuguese. 

DUTCH 

Calisch,  I.  M.  New  complete  dictionary  of 
the  English  and  Dutch  -languages.  2v.  O. 
Tiel,  Campagne,  1875.    $11.  439-332 

SWEDISH 

Bjbrkman,  C.  G.  Svensk-Engelsk  ord  bok. 
1360  p.  O.  Stockholm,  Norstedt,  1889.  about 
$5.  439-732 

D  ANISH-NOR  WEGIAN 

Larsen,  A.  Dictionary  of  the  Dano-Norwe- 
gian  and  English  languages.  Ed.  3.  683  p.  O. 
Copenhagen,  Hegel,  1897.    12s.  6d.       439.832 

RUSSIAN 

Aleksandrov,  A.  Complete  Russian -English 
dictionary.  Ed.  2  rev.  and  enl.  717  p.  Q. 
St.  Pet.  1897.  491.732 

Complete   English-Russian    dictionary. 

895  p.  Q.   St.  Pet.  1897.  $14  for  the  2v.    491.732 

POLISH 

Kierst,  W.  and  Callier,  O.  Pocket  diction- 
ary of  the  English  and  Polish  languages.  2v. 
in  1,  T.   Lpz.  Holtz,  1896.    2.90m.     491.8532 

BOHEMIAN 

Mourek,  V.  E.  Pocket  dictionary  of  the 
Bohemian  and  English  languages.  2v.  in  1,  T. 
Lpz.  Holtz,  1896.    $2.20.  491.8632 


FOREIGN 


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HUNGARIAN 

Bizonfy,  Ferencz.  English-Hungarian  and 
Hungarian-English  dictionary.  2v.  O.  Buda- 
pest, 1886.     16s.  491.86 

GREEK 
Liddell,  Henry  George,  and  Scott,  Rob- 
ert.    Greek-English  lexicon.  .  .  .  Ed.   7  enl. 
1776  p.  sq.  Q.    N.  Y.  Harper,  1888,  [c '82].   $10. 

483.2 
Gives  references  to  classical  authors. 

Yonge,  Charles  Duke.  English-Greek 
lexicon  .  .  .  ed.  by  Henry  Drisler.  663  p.  Q. 
N.  Y.  Harper,  1890,  [«70].    $4.50.  483.2 

MODERN  GREEK 

Kontopoulos,  Nikolaos.  Greek-English 
lexicon.  Ed.  4  rev.  514  p.  O.  Athens,  Con- 
stantinides,  1900. 

English-modern-Greek  dictionary.  692  p. 

O.  Athens,  Constantinides,  1892.  about  $8  for 
the  two  vols.  489.32 

LATIN 

Lewis,  Charlton  Thomas,  and  Short, 
Charles.   Harper's  Latin  dictionary.  .  .  .  New 


ed.   enl.     2019  p.   Q.     N.   Y.   Harper,   1892. 
$6.50.  473.2 

Founded  on  Freund's  Latin-German  lexicon,  ed.  by 
E.  A.  Andrews. 

Smith,  William,  and  Hall,  T.  D.  Copious 
and  critical  English-Latin  dictionary.  754  p. 
O.     N.  Y.  Harper,  1871.    $4.  473.2 

SANSKRIT 

Williams,  Sir  Monier  Monier-.  Sanskrit- 
English  dictionary.  .  .  .  1186  p.  sq.  Q.  Ox. 
Clarendon  press,  1872.     £4  14s.  6d.  491.2 

HEBREW 

Gesenius,  Wilhelm.  Hebrew  and  English 
lexicon  of  the  Old  Testament,  including  the 
biblical  Chaldee.  New  ed.  enl.  1160  p.  O. 
Bost.  Houghton,  1888.    $6.  492432 

ARABIC 

Steingass,  F.  The  student's  Arabic-English 
dictionary.  .  .  .  1242  p.  O.   Lond.  Allen,  1884. 

50s.  492.73 

Gives  transliteration. 

The  selection  of  foreign  dictionaries  is  based  partly  upon 
those  in  use  in  the  Catalogue  division  of  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress. 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 

The  general  cyclopedias  do  not  always  contain  answers  to  questions  which  come  up  in  rela- 
tion to  a  particular  subject.  If  the  subject  is  a  technical  one  for  which  a  special  cyclopedia 
has  been  compiled,  it  will  save  time  to  consult  such  a  work,  particularly  if  it  is  recent.  A 
cyclopedia  of  this  kind  will  describe  and  explain  more  minutely  all  the  details  of  a  subject  and 
in  many  cases  will  be  illustrated.  For  example,  a  special  cyclopedia  of  chemistry  will  bring 
together  all  that  relates  to  chemistry  that  is  of  practical  use  at  the  time  of  publication  and 
within  the  scope  of  the  work  as  laid  down  by  the  compiler.  Every  technical  term  will  be 
explained  as  it  could  not  be  in  a  general  cyclopedia. 

Many  subjects  are  without  special  dictionaries  and,  therefore,  longer  or  more  recent  treatises 
than  those  contained  in  the  encyclopedias  must  be  sought  in  magazine  articles,  transactions  of 
societies,  or  in  books  on  the  subject  not  belonging  to  the  reference  collection. 


PHILOSOPHY 

Baldwin,  James  Mark.  Dictionary  of  phi- 
losophy and  psychology,  v.  1,  il.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Macmillan,  1901.   $15.  103 

Its  object  is  "  to  understand  the  meanings  which 
our  terms  have,  and  to  render  them  by  clear  defini- 
tions .  .  .  and  to  interpret  the  movements  of  thought 
through  which  the  meanings  thus  determined  have 
arisen,  with  a  view  to  discovering  what  is  really  vital 
in  the  development  of  thought  and  term  in  one." 

The  treatment  is  primarily  that  of  a  dictionary,  not 
that  of  a  cyclopedia.  The  bibliographical  feature  has 
been  given  especial  attention.  There  are  references 
to  each  article.  Volume  3  will  be  a  complete  biblio- 
graphy of  the  subject. 

"  This  dictionary  is  not  only  the  first  adequate  work 
of  its  kind  in  English,  but  may  be  said  to  be  the  first 
adequate  philosophic  dictionary  in  any  language." 
Joseph  Jastrow  in  Dial,  31 :  276. 

Fleming,  William.  Vocabulary  of  philo- 
sophy, psychological,  ethical,  metaphysical. 
Ed.  4  enl.  by  Henry  Calderwood.  439  p.  D. 
Lond.  Griffin,  1887.     10s.  6d.  103 

A  concise  work  giving  variations  in  usage  of  philo- 
sophical terms ;  references  to  the  literature  of  the 
subject ;  quotations  from  philosophical  writers. 

BIBLIOGKAPHY 

Psychological  review.  Psychological  in- 
dex, 1-7 ;  a  bibliography  of  the  literature  of 
psychology  and  cognate  subjects,  1894-1900. 
O.    N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1894-1900.*  75  cts. 

016.15 

Includes  original  publications  in  all  languages  with 
translations  and  new  editions  in  English,  French,  and 
German.    Embraces  books  and  periodical  literature. 

*  Continued  annually. 


TEMPERANCE 

Cyclopaedia  of  temperance  and  prohibi- 
tion.    671  p.  O.     N.  Y.  Funk,  1891.   $3.     178 

Gives  facts  and  statistics  in  regard  to  the  drink 
question,  the  temperance  movement,  and  prohibition. 
Index. 

RELIGION 

M'Clintock,  John,  and  Strong,  James. 
Cyclopaedia  of  biblical,  theological,  and  ecclesi- 
astical literature.  10  v.  il.  Q.  N.  Y.  Harper, 
1869-81.  $50. 

Supplement.   2  v.  il.  Q.    N.  Y.  Harper, 

1885-87.   $10.  203 

A  very  comprehensive  book  of  reference  on  the  sci- 
ence of  theology  in  its  widest  sense,  though  now  some- 
what out  of  date.  The  supplement  brings  down  to  a 
later  date  many  of  the  articles  in  the  Cyclopaedia. 
References  are  given  under  subjects  to  the  most  im- 
portant and  accessible  books  ancient  and  modern. 

Schaff,  Philip.  Religious  encyclopaedia; 
or,  Dictionary  of  biblical,  historical,  doctrinal, 
and  practical  theology,  with  an  Encyclopaedia 
of  living  divines  and  Christian  workers  of  all 
denominations.  .  .  .  Ed.  3  enl.  4  v.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Funk,  1891,  [«  '82].   $20.  203 

Based  on  the  Real-encyklopadie  fiir  protestant- 
ische  theologie  und  kirche,  ed.  by  Herzog  and  oth- 
ers, it  gives  much  additional  information  for  English 
readers.    Known  as  the  Schaff-Herzog  encyclopaedia. 

Smith,  Sir  William,  and  Cheetham,  Sam- 
uel. Dictionary  of  Christian  antiquities.  .  .  . 
2  v.  il.  O.  Lond.  Murray,  1876-80.  £3  13s.  6d. 
(Bost.  Little.    $15.)  203 

Includes  organization  of  the  church,  the  social  life, 


RELIGION 


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worship  and  ceremonial,  sacred  places,  art  and  sym- 
bolism, sacred  days  and  seasons,  graves  and  cata- 
combs of  the  Christians. 

Smith,  Sir  William,  and   Wace,  Henry. 
/      Dictionary  of  Christian  biography,  literature, 
sects,  and  doctrines.  .  .  .  4v.  O.    Lond.  Mur- 
ray, 1877-87.    £6  16s.  6d.   (Bost.  Little.     $24.) 

203 
From  the  time  of  the  Apostles  to  the  age  of  Charle- 
magne. 

With  the  Dictionary  of  Christian  antiquities  forms 
a  continuation  to  the  Dictionary  of  the  Bible,  com- 
prising together  a  cyclopedia  of  ecclesiastical  history 
for  the  first  eight  centuries  of  the  Christian  era.  The 
articles  in  the  three  are  written  and  signed  by  promi- 
nent theological  writers. 

BIBLE  DICTIONARIES 

Cheyne,  T.  K.,  and  Black,  J.  S.  Ency- 
clopaedia biblica  ;  a  critical  dictionary  of  the 
literary,  political,  and  religious  history,  the 
archaeology,  geography,  and  natural  history  of 
the  Bible,  v.  1-3,  il.  O.  N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1899- 
1902.    $5  per  vol.  220.3 

To  be  completed  in  4  vols. 

The  standpoint  is  that  of  the  higher  criticism  ;  the 
articles  are  written  by  leading  biblical  scholars. 

Hastings,  James.     Dictionary  of  the  Bible, 
,-    dealing  with  its  language,  literature,  and  con- 
tents,   including    biblical    theology.      4v.    il. 
maps,  Q.    N.  Y.  Scribner,  1898-1902.   $24. 

220.3 

"  The  book,  in  short,  will  be  used  with  advantage 
by  all  non-professional  students  of  the  Bible.  Nor 
can  the  professional  student  afford  to  disregard  it." 
Nation,  72 :  38. 

In  comparing  these  two  important  dictionaries  the 
Nation  says  :  "  The  one  is  an  international  undertak- 
ing which  will  be  accepted  and  quoted  on  the  conti- 
nent of  Europe  as  well  as  in  England  and  America  ; 
the  other  is  adapted  for  the  use  of  the  English-speak- 
ing peoples.  The  one  [Cheyne]  appeals  to  scholars 
and  specialists,  the  other  [Hastings]  more  to  the  body 
of  the  Christian  church."  Nation,  70 :  246. 

Smith,   Sir  William,   and  Fuller,   J.    M. 

/     Dictionary  of  the  Bible.  ...   Ed.  2.     3v.  il.  O. 

Lond.    Murray,   1893.     £4  4s.     (Bost.    Little. 

$22.)  220.3 

This  edition  has  been  revised  and  enlarged. 

The  Dictionary  does  not  include  the  various  sys- 
tems of  theology,  but  embraces  antiquities,  biogra- 
phy, geography,  and  natural  history  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, New  Testament,  and  Apocrypha.  Articles  give 
references  to  the  best  ancient  and  modern  authorities. 

"  A  work  of  a  very  high  order  .  .  .  unquestionably 
antiquated."  Nation,  67 :  485. 

BIBLE  COMMENTARIES 

Lange,  John  Peter.  Commentary  on  the 
Holy  Scripture  ;  critical,  doctrinal,  and  homi- 


letical ;  tr.  and  ed.  by  Philip  Schaff.    25v.  O. 
K.  Y.  Scribner,  1873-87.    $75.  220.7 

The  author  was  assisted  by  a  number  of  eminent 
biblical  scholars.  The  American  edition  has  been  re- 
vised to  meet  the  needs  of  the  American  student.  It 
contains  introductions  to  each  book  and  to  the  Bible 
as  a  whole. 

The  international  critical  commentary,  under 
the  editorship  of  C:  A.  Briggs,  S.  R.  Driver, 
and  Alfred  Plummer  (N.  Y.  Scribner,  1895. 
$3  per  vol.),  is  in  course  of  publication.  It 
represents  the  latest  biblical  criticism,  while 
Lange  stands  for  the  old. 

An  edition  of  the  Bible  must  be  included  in 
the  reference  collection.  One  of  the  best  for 
general  use  is  the  Riverside  parallel  Bible 
(Houghton,  $5),  which  gives  both  King  James's 
and  the  revised  version. 

BIBLE  CONCORDANCES 

Cruden,  Alexander.  Complete  concordance 
to  the  Holy  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New 
Testament.  ...  856  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Dodd,  [pref. 
1737].  $1.  220.2 

A  dictionary  of  all  the  words  of  the  Bible  arranged 
alphabetically,  with  references  to  the  various  places 
where  they  are  to  be  found.  Compares  the  several 
meanings  of  the  same  words. 

Divided  into  3  alphabets  :  1.  Common  words ;  2.  Pro- 
per names  ;  3.  Apocryphal  books. 

Strong,  James.  Exhaustive  concordance  of 
the  Bible.  .  .  .  1340  +  262  +  205  p.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Hunt,  1894,  [*  '90].  $6.  220.2 

The  best  concordance.  It  gives  every  word  of  the 
text  of  the  common  English  version  and  a  compara- 
tive concordance  of  the  authorized  and  revised  ver- 
sions, with  brief  dictionaries  of  the  Hebrew  and 
Greek  words  of  the  original,  with  references  to  the 
English  words.  To  find  a  passage,  look  under  any  one 
of  the  words,  especially  the  most  important  or  strik- 
ing. 

Young,  Robert.  Analytical  concordance  to 
the  Bible.  New  ed.  enl.  1108  p.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Funk,  1890.    $5.  220.2 

Contains  the  word3  of  the  Bible  in  alphabetical 
order,  with  their  Hebrew  or  Greek  originals,  and  the 
literal  meaning  and  pronunciation  of  each.  Includes 
proper  names  of  every  person  and  place. 

SECTS 

Blunt,  John  Henry.  Dictionary  of  sects, 
heresies,  ecclesiastical  parties,  and  schools  of 
religious  thought.  647  p.  Q.  Lond.  Long- 
mans, 1892.    $7.  280 

Sectarian  cyclopedias  give  more  detailed  in- 
formation from  the  standpoint  of  each  church. 
Among  these  are  :  Arnold's  Catholic  dictionary 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


(N.  Y.  Catholic  pub.  soc.  1889),  Cathcart's  Bap- 
tist encyclopaedia  (Phil.  1883),  Kevin's  Encyclo- 
paedia of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  the  U.  S. 
(Phil.  1884),  Simpson's  Cyclopaedia  of  Metho- 
dism (Phil.  1883),  Jacobs  &  Haas's  Lutheran 
cyclopedia  (N.  Y.  1899). 

Religious  year-books  or  almanacs,  e.g.  the 
Official  year-book  of  the  Church  of  England, 
Whittaker's  churchman's  almanac,  the  Amer- 
ican church  almanac  (for  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land and  P.  E.  church),  etc.,  are  frequently 
needed. 

Lloyd's  clerical  directory  for  1898  (Hamilton, 
O.  News  and  tel.  pub.  co.)  is  a  statistical  book 
of  reference  for  facts  relating  to  the  clergy, 
parishes,  and  missions  of  the  P.  E.  church  in 
the  United  States. 

The  Clergy  list,  with  which  is  incorporated 
the  Clerical  guide  and  ecclesiastical  directory, 
1902,  is  a  similar  work  for  Great  Britain  and 
the  colonies. 

MISSIONS 

Bliss,  Edwin  Munsell.  Encyclopaedia  of 
missions.  .  .  .  2v.  maps,  Q.  N.  Y.  Funk,  1891. 
$12.  266 

The  scope  of  the  work  includes  the  description, 
history,  biography,  and  statistics  of  mission  work, 
arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  with  maps  and  a  bibli- 
ography. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Julian,  John.  Dictionary  of  hymnology.  .  .  . 
1616  p.  O.     N.  Y.  Scribner,  1892.    $10.       245 

Origin  and  history  of  Christian  hymns  of  all  ages 
and  nations,  with  especial  reference  to  those  in  the 
hymn-books  of  English-speaking  countries  ;  biogra- 
phical sketches  of  their  authors ;  and  a  cross-reference 
index  to  first  lines  in  English,  French,  German,  Greek, 
Latin,  and  other  languages,  with  index  of  authors  and 
translators. 

Brewer,  Ebenezer  Cobham.  Dictionary 
of  miracles.  .  .  .  582  p.  O.  Phil.  Lippincott, 
1884.     $2.50.  231.7 

Contents :  Miracles  of  saints  in  imitation  of  Scrip- 
ture miracles  ;  Realistic  miracles  ;  Miracles  to  prove 
church  dogmas  ;  Index. 

Schaff,  Philip.  Creeds  of  Christendom ; 
with  a  history  and  critical  notes.  Ed.  4  enl.  3v. 
O.     N.  Y.  Harper,  1890,  £«'7Tj.  $15.  238 

The  creeds  and  confessions  are  given  in  the  original 
languages  from  the  best  editions,  with  translations 
into  English  and  notes.    Bibliographical  notes. 

NON-CHRISTIAN 

Singer,  Isadore,  and  others.  The  Jewish 
encyclopedia  ;  a  descriptive  record  of  the  his- 


tory, religion,  literature,  and  customs  of  the 
Jewish  people,  v.  1,  il.  pi.  Q.  N.  Y.  Funk, 
1901.    $7  per  vol.  296 

To  be  completed  in  12  vols. 

"  On  one  side,  it  is  a  true  encyclopaedia,  and  speaks, 
always  from  a  Jewish  standpoint,  de  omni  scibili ;  on 
another,  it  is  a  cyclopaedia  as  the  record  of  a  single 
branch  of  knowledge  —  the  civilization  of  a  single 
race.  .  .  .  The  chief  value  of  this  book  ...  is  to  be 
found  in  its  biographies,  its  descriptions  of  the  present 
state  of  Jews  throughout  the  world,  and  in  its  elucida- 
tions of  Talmudic  law.  On  all  these  points  it  gives 
first-hand  information  of  a  kind  and  to  an  extent  not 
accessible  elsewhere."    Nation,  73  :  341-342. 

Hughes,  Thomas  Patrick.  Dictionary  of 
Islam ;  being  a  cyclopedia  of  the  doctrines, 
rites,  ceremonies,  and  customs,  together  with 
the  technical  and  theological  terms  of  the  Mu- 
hammadan  religion.  750  p.  il.  O.  Lond.  Allen, 
1885.  42s.  297 

Dowson,  John.  Classical  dictionary  of 
Hindu  mythology  and  religion,  geography, 
history,  and  literature.  411  p.  O.  Lond. 
Trilbner,  1879.  16s.  294 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Hurst,  John  Fletcher.  Literature  of  theo- 
logy ;  a  classified  bibliography  of  theology  and 
general  religious  literature.  757  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Hunt,  1896.    $4.  016.2 

Aims  to  include  the  best  and  most  desirable  books 
published  in  Great  Britain,  the  United  States,  and 
Canada.  Prices  are  given.  It  is  based  upon  his  Bibli- 
otheca  theologica. 

Among  other  useful  bibliographies  of  theo- 
logy are  :  Malcolm's  Theological  index  (1868), 
Darling's  Cyclopaedia  bibliographica  of  theo- 
logical and  general  literature  (1854-59,  2v.), 
and  Princeton  theological  seminary  library's 
Catalogue  :  part  1,  religious  literature  (1886). 

There  are  also  many  important  bibliographies 
on  special  topics,  notably  of  the  Bible. 

SOCIAL  SCIENCES 

Bliss,  William  Dwight  Porter.    Encyclo- 
pedia of  social  reform,  including  political  econ-      J 
omy,  political  science,  sociology,  and  statistics. 
1439  p.  sq.  Q.  N.  Y.  Funk,  1897.  $7.50.        303 

Designed  for  general  workers  and  students  in  social 
reform,  it  is  a  compact  work  of  reference  compara- 
tively recent,  written  by  specialists  and  containing 
brief  bibliographies  of  the  topics  discussed. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bowker,  Richard  Rogers,  and  lies, 
George.    Reader's  guide  in  economic,  social, 


POLITICAL  SCIENCE 


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and  political  science.   169  p.  D.   N.  Y.  Soc.  for 
polit.  educ.  1891.   $1.  016.3 

A  classified  bibliography  with  clear,  concise,   de- 
scriptive notes,  and  an  author  index. 


POLITICAL 


SCIENCE 
NOMICS 


AND  ECO- 


Lalor,  John  Joseph.    Cyclopaedia  of  politi- 
J       cal  science,  political  economy,  and  of  the  po- 
litical history  of  the  United  States.  ...   3v. 
Q.     N.  Y.  Merrill,  188&-90,  [«  '81-84].     $15. 

303 

"An  invaluable  work  of  reference."  Bowker  and 
lies.  The  articles  are  signed  and  written  by  Ameri- 
can and  European  specialists  with  bibliographical 
notes  at  end  of  each  article.  The  work  is  not  suffi- 
ciently up  to  date  on  many  topics. 

Brown,  Everit,  and  Strauss,  Albert.  Dic- 
tionary of  American  politics.  .  .  .  596  p.  D. 
N.  Y.  Burt,  \c  1888-92].    $1.  320.3 

Very  condensed  accounts  of  matters  relating  to 
American  politics,  alphabetically  arranged  for  ready 
reference. 

Palgrave,  Robert  Harry  Inglis.    Diction- 
ary of  political  economy.     3v.  O.     Lond.  Mac- 
v       millan,  1894-96.   $19.50.  330.3 

Full  on  the  side  of  English  political  economy,  but 
including  the  U.  S.  and  the  English  colonies.  Arti- 
cles are  concise,  signed,  and  give  bibliographical  re- 
ferences. 

Handworterbuch  der  staatswissenschaf- 

yj    ten,  hrsg.  von  J.  Conrad,  L.  Elster,  W.  Lexis, 

Edw.    Loening.      Ed.  2  enl.    7v.  Q.       Jena, 

Fischer,  1898-1901.     142.50m.  320.3 

The  articles  are  signed  ;  bibliographies  appended  to 
articles. 

Of  the  first  edition,  Bowker  and  Iles's  Reader's 
guide  says  :  "  The  most  comprehensive  dictionary  of 
political  economy  ever  published,  with  collaborators 
from  all  countries." 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Miihlbrecht,  Otto.  Wegweiser  durch  die 
neuere  litteratur  der  rechts-  und  staatswissen- 
schaften  fur  die  praxis  bearbeitet.  Ed.  2  enl. 
2v.  O.     Ber.  Puttkammer,  1893-1901.      016.32 

v.  1  to  1893,  15m.  ;   v.  2,  1893-1900,  30m. 

Classified  with  alphabetical  index,  giving  prices  of 
books,  as  well  as  other  bibliographical  details.  The 
most  comprehensive  bibliography  of  jurisprudence 
and  political  science. 

Continued  by  the  annual  list  entitled  MUhlbrecht's 
Uebersicht  der  gesammten  staats-  und  rechtswissen- 
schaftlichen  litteratur,  1900  (6m.). 

Stammhammer,   Josef.     Bibliographic  der 

'      social-politik.   648  p.  Q.   Jena,  Fischer,  1896. 

18m.  016.32 


An  author  list  with  subject  index,  including  books 
in  various  languages,  more  full  in  German.  Refers 
not  only  to  books  and  pamphlets,  but  also  to  periodical 
articles. 

Bibliographic  des  socialismus  und  com- 

munismus.      303  p.  O.     Jena,  Fischer,  1893. 
10m.  016.335 

Marpt,  Helen.  Handbook  of  labor  litera- 
ture. 96  p.  D.  Phil.  Free  lib.  of  economics, 
1899.   $1.  016.331 

Classified  and  annotated. 

Gross,  Charles.  Bibliography  of  British 
municipal  history.  461  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Longmans, 
1897.   (Harvard  historical  studies.)  $2.50. 

016.942 

Including  gilds  and  parliamentary  representation. 

Brooks,  Robert  C.  Bibliography  of  muni- 
cipal problems  and  city  conditions.  Ed.  2  rev. 
and  enl.  346  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Reform  club,  1901. 
(In  Municipal  affairs,  v.  5.)    50  cts.  pap. 

016.352 
Complete  to  Jan.  1,  1901,  it  "aims  to  include  the 
books,  pamphlets,  and  periodical  literature  on  muni- 
cipal affairs  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain  and 
Colonies,  Germany,  France,  Italy,  Spain,  and  other 
European  countries."  Preface.  It  is  a  subject  list 
arranged  by  topics,  cities,  and  countries  with  an  au- 
thor index.   Continued  quarterly  in  Municipal  affairs. 

GOVERNMENTS 

Sears,  Hamblen.  Governments  of  the  world 
to-day.  418  p.  il.  tab.  D.  Meadville,  Pa., 
Flood,  1895.    $1.75.    o.  p.  350 

Arrangement  alphabetical  under  name  of  country. 
A  concise  handbook  of  important  facts  relating  to 
the  principal  governments  of  the  world. 

Wilson,  Woodrow.  The  state  j  elements 
of  historical  and  practical  politics.  .  .  .  686  p. 
D.     Bost.  Heath,  1900,  [*  '98].    $2.  320.9 

POLITICAL  PARTIES 

McKee,  Thomas  Hudson.  National  con- 
ventions and  platforms  of  all  political  parties, 
1789  to  1901,  conventions,  popular  and  electoral 
vote.  Ed.  4  rev.  and  enl.  370  p.  por.  D.  Bait. 
Friedenwald,  1901.    $1.  329 

A  convenient  reference  book,  arranged  chronologi- 
cally, with  index  of  names  and  of  subjects. 

U.    S.    GOVERNMENT  OFFICIALS 

Poore,  Benjamin  Perley.  Political  register 
and  congressional  directory  ;  a  statistical  record 
of  federal  officials  of  the  U.  S. ,  1776-1878.  716  p. 
Q.    Bost.  Houghton,  1878.   $6.  923.27 

Murlin,  E.  L.  The  United  States  red  book. 
591  p.  por.  pi.  O.   Alb.  Lyon,  1896.  |1.     923.27 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


Contains  portraits  and  biographies  of  the  president 
and  his  cabinet,  senators,  and  members  of  the  House, 
etc. 

U.  S.  —  Congress.  Official  congressional 
directory  for  the  use  of  the  U.  S.  congress. 
57th  cong.  1st  sess.  326  p.  il.  pi.  map,  O. 
Wash.  Government  printing  office,  1901.  35cts. 

328.738 

Gives  names  and  short  biographical  accounts   of 

members  of  Congress,  committees,  reports,  consuls, 

etc.   A  new  issue  for  each  session  of  Congress. 

Previous  years  from  1809  to  date  will  be  found  useful. 

U.  S.  —  Dept.  of  the  interior.  Official  re- 
gister of  the  United  States,  containing  a  list  of 
the  officers  and  employes  in  the  civil,  military, 
and  naval  service  with  list  of  vessels  belong- 
ing to  the  United  States,  July  1,  1901.  2  v.  Q. 
Wash.  Government  printing  office,  1901-02. 

351.2 

v.  1,  Legislative,  executive,  and  judicial ;  v.  2,  Post- 
office  dept.  and  postal  service. 

Published  biennially.  Known  as  the  Blue  book.  It 
contains  the  name  of  every  employe"  of  the  govern- 
ment, stating  whence  appointed  and  salary  received. 

Lanman,  Charles.  Biographical  annals  of 
the  civil  government  of  the  U.  S.  .  .  .  676  p.  O. 
Wash.  Anglim,  1876.    $7.  923.27 

An  enlargement  of  his  Dictionary  of  Congress 
(Wash.  1864). 

There  are  about  7000  biographical  sketches  of  our 
national  law-makers,  alphabetically  arranged.  The 
tabular  records  cover  useful  facts  about  our  govern- 
ment, such  as :  Speakers  of  the  House,  Presidents  of 
the  Senate,  successive  administrations,  names  of 
presidential  electors,  Supreme  court  of  the  U.  S.,  min- 
isters to  foreign  countries,  etc. 

LAW 

The  statutes  of  the  state  in  which  the  library 
is  situated,  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  the 
Revised  statutes  of  the  United  States  should  be 
on  the  reference  shelves  of  every  public  library, 
and  in  addition  the  session  laws  of  the  state, 
which  are  valuable  also  historically,  and  the 
laws  passed  at  each  session  of  Congress. 

Bouvier,  John.  Bouvier's  law  dictionary. 
New  ed.  rev.  ...  to  date  by  Francis  Rawle. 
2v.  O.  Bost.  Boston  book  co.  1897,  [c '39-97]. 
$12.  340.3 

An  encyclopedic  dictionary,  containing  concise  trea- 
tises on  all  the  different  phases  of  the  law.  Adapted 
to  the  laws  and  constitution  of  the  United  States, 
with  references  to  the  civil  and  other  systems  of  for- 
eign law.  References  are  made  to  valuable  articles  in 
legal  periodicals,  and  to  reports  of  cases,  abridgments, 
digests,  and  other  authorities. 

"  [Bouvier]  was  the  father  of  the  hand-books  of 
American  law,  dictionaries,  encyclopaedias,  and  all, 


by  which  we  are  surrounded  and  sometimes  over- 
whelmed. Amid  them  he  holds  his  own,  through  the 
inherent  excellence  of  his  arrangement,  system,  and 
execution."    Nation,  66  :  389. 

American  and  English  encyclopaedia  of 
law ;  ed.  by  D.  S.  Garland  and  L.  P.  McGehee 
under  the  supervision  of  James  Cockcroft. 
Ed.  2.  v.  1-20,  O.  N.  Y.  Thompson,  1896- 
1902.     $6.50  per  vol.  340.3 

To  be  completed  in  32  vols. 

Ed.  1  is  complete  in  29  vols,  and  an  index  digest. 

A  summary  of  each  subject,  with  full  notes  referring 
to  many  cases,  often  summing  up  briefly  the  decision. 
Occasional  bibliographical  references.  The  articles 
are  by  various  authorities. 

Intended  for  the  lawyer  rather  than  for  the  general 
reader,  this  cyclopedia  will  be  important  chiefly  to  the 
large  public  libraries. 

A  rival  cyclopedia,  entitled  Cyclopedia  of  law  and 
procedure,  is  to  be  completed  in  about  30  v.  (N.  Y.  1901). 

•Blackstone,  Sir  William.  Commentaries 
on  the  laws  of  England,  with  notes  selected 
from  the  editions  of  Archbold,  Christian,  Cole- 
ridge, Chitty,  Stewart,  Kerr,  and  others,  and, 
in  addition,  notes  and  references  to  all  text- 
books, and  decisions  wherein  the  commenta- 
ries have  been  cited  and  all  statutes  modifying 
the  text,  by  W.  D.  Lewis.  4v.  por.  O.  Phil. 
Welsh,  1897.    $10.  347 

The  above  is  the  latest  edition  of  Blackstone.  For 
popular  use,  almost  any  edition  will  answer  the  pur- 
pose. 

•  Kent,  James.     Commentaries  on  American 
law;   ed.    by  O.   W.  Holmes,  jr.,  and  J.  M.        %/■ 
Gould.     Ed.  14.    4v.  O.      Bost.  Little,   1896. 
$14.  347 

While  not  strictly  belonging  with  dictionaries,  these 
two  commentaries  are  essential  to  a  reference  depart- 
ment of  a  general  library. 

•Parsons,  Theophilus.  Laws  of  business 
for  all  the  states  and  territories  of  the  Union 
and  the  Dominion  of  Canada.  .  .  .  New  rev. 
ed.  867  p.  O.  Hartford,  Scranton  co.  1901, 
[>  1878-1900].     $3.75.  347 

Gives  forms  and  directions  for  all  transactions  and 
abstracts  of  the  laws  of  all  the  states  and  territories 
on  various  topics  —  such  as  Partnership,  Agency,  In- 
terest, Shipping,  Mortgages.    A  popular  handbook. 

•New  York  (state)  —  Library.  Bulletin, 
legislation  no.  15  :  comparative  summary  and 
index  of  legislation  in  [1901].  O.  Alb.  Univ. 
of  the  state  of  N.  Y.,  1901.*    25  cts.  345 

Aims  to  digest  and  organize  the  laws  of  each  state 
for  each  year,  giving  a  concise  comparative  view  of 
current  state  legislation  by  subjects,  with  alphabetical 
index. 

Jones's  Index  to  legal  periodical  literature 

*  Continued  annually. 


STATISTICS 


(Boston  book  co.  1888-99.  2v.)  is  an  important 
guide  to  articles  on  law,  legislation,  political 
science,  economics,  sociology,  etc.,  contained 
in  periodicals. 

STATISTICS 
Mulhall,  Michael  George.  Dictionary  of 
statistics.  Ed.  4.  853  p.  pi.  Q.  Lond.  Rout- 
ledge,  1899.  18.50.  310 
Divided  into  two  parts  :  the  first  brings  the  statistics 
to  1890,  the  second  embraces  the  last  decade  of  the 
century  to  Nov.,  1898.  There  are  thus  two  alphabets 
and  a  general  index  at  end.  Tables  of  statistics  of  all 
countries,  and  covering  as  many  years  as  possible  on 
all  subjects,  the  arrangement  alphabetical. 

YEAR-BOOKS 

Year-books  or  annuals  which  give  statistical 
information  regarding  the  various  states  of  the 
world  are  usually  published  about  February  or 
March  of  each  year,  and  should  be  obtained 
immediately  upon  publication.  They  form 
one  of  the  most  important  sections  of  a  refer- 
ence department,  since  they  afford  a  ready  guide 
to  recent  statistics,  saving  much  investigation 
into  authorities  more  difficult  of  access.  Not 
only  the  current  number,  but  back  numbers  as 
well,  will  be  found  necessary  in  a  large  library. 

Besides  the  Statesman's  year-book  which 
is  issued  in  England,  there  should  be  an  Amer- 
ican annual  to  supply  the  necessary  statistical 
facts  about  our  own  country  which  cannot  be 
found  so  completely  given  in  the  English  pub- 
lication, e.  g.  election  returns  of  the  various 
states,  etc 

Appleton's  Annual  cyclopedia  and  the  Interna- 
tional year-book,  already  described  under  Ency- 
clopedias, are  among  the  important  year-books. 

FOREIGN 

Almanach  de  Gotha;  annuaire  genealo- 
gique,  diplomatique  et  statistique,  1902.  T. 
Gotha,  1902.*    $2.70.  354 

Genealogies  of  the  royal  families  and  princely  houses 
of  Europe  ;  diplomatic  information  concerning  rulers 
of  all  countries  and  of  their  diplomatic  agents  and 
consuls  ;  statistics  of  various  countries. 

A  German  edition  is  also  published.  The  first  Alma- 
nach appeared  in  1763. 

ENGLISH 
Statesman's  year-book,  for  1902.    v.  39,  D. 
f      Lond.  Macmillan,  1902.*    $3.  305 

Edited  by  J.  S.  Keltie.  Statistical  and  descriptive 
information  regarding  all  the  countries  of  the  world, 
revised  every  year.  It  has  a  high  reputation  for  ac- 
curacy, and  is  the  most  important  of  the  year-books. 
Arrangement:  British  empire;  Foreign  countries, 
*  Continued  annually. 


alphabetically.  Refers  at  end  of  each  country  to  sta- 
tistical and  other  books  of  reference  concerning  it. 
Index. 

Whitaker,  Joseph.  Almanack  for  1901.  D. 
Lond.  Whitaker,  1902.*    $1.  314.2 

Contains  an  account  of  astronomical  and  other 
phenomena,  information  respecting  the  government, 
finances,  population,  commerce,  and  general  statistics 
of  the  British  empire  throughout  the  world,  with  brief 
notice  of  other  countries.  Alphabetical  index  in 
front.  Supplementary  volume,  entitled  Whitaker's 
Titled  persons,  gives  the  history  of  the  peerage. 

Hazell's  annual  for  1902.  v.  17,  D.  Lond. 
Hazell,  1902.*    $1.50.  032 

A  brief  record  of  men  and  topics  of  the  day  alpha- 
betically arranged  like  an  encyclopedia. 

English  annuals*  of  a  more  special  nature 
which  are  of  occasional  use  in  a  large  library 
are :  Colonial  office  list  (Harrison,  10s.  6d.), 
Politician's  handbook  (Vacher,  6s.),  Constitu- 
tional year-book  (Blackwood,  2s.),  Municipal 
year  book  of  the  United  Kingdom  (Lloyd, 
2s.  6d.),  Civil  service  year-book  and  official 
calendar  (Sheppard,  2s.),  Year-book  of  Aus- 
tralia (Paul,  10s.  6d.),  India  list,  civil  and  mili- 
tary (Allen,  10s.  6d.),  Foreign  office  list  and 
consular  handbook  (Harrison,  6s.),  English- 
woman's year-book  (Macmillan,  $1.50),  Rox- 
burgh's Handbook  of  Jamaica  (Stanford,  7s.  6d.), 
Canadian  year-book  (Toronto.    25cts.). 

AMERICAN 

Of  American  annuals,  the  most  practically 
useful  are  the  newspaper  almanacs,  of  which 
the  following  are  the  best :  — 

Tribune  almanac  and  register  for  1902. 
D.   K  Y.  1902.*    25  cts.  pap.  317.3 

Published  yearly  by  the  N.  Y.  Daily  Tribune.  Con- 
fined to  facts  about  the  U.  S.  Recent  statistics,  elec- 
tion returns,  laws,  and  other  political  information. 
Index  at  end. 

World  almanac,  1902.  D.  N.  Y.  World, 
1902.*    25  cts.  pap.  317-3 

Especially  useful  for  the  TJ.  S.,  but  also  includes 
much  foreign  statistics  omitted  in  the  Tribune  al- 
manac.   Index  in  front. 

The  Chicago  Daily  News  almanac*  (25 cts.) 
is  also  to  be  recommended. 

A  library  should  also  have  the  almanac  of 
some  paper  published  in  its  own  city,  to  give 
names  of  local  and  state  officials  and  other  in- 
formation of  the  locality. 

Statistician  and  economist,  1901-02.  v.  21, 
il.  D.    San  Fran.  McCarty,  1901.    $3.50.    317.3 

Formerly  published  under  the  title  Annual  statis- 
tician and  economist,  now  a  biennial  publication. 
*  Continued  annually. 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


Gives  recent  statistics  and  tables  of  the  U.  S.,  with 
some  information  about  other  countries  ;  also  miscel- 
laneous facts  and  tables. 

U.  S.  —  Bureau  of  statistics.  Statistical 
abstract  of  the  U.  S.,  1901.  v.  24,  O.  Wash. 
Government  printing  office,  1902.*  free.  317.3 
Annual  statistics  of  population,  finance,  commerce, 
agricultural  and  other  products,  immigration,  educa- 
tion, etc.,  for  the  current  year,  and  in  many  cases  for 
a  number  of  years  past. 

Manual  of  statistics,  stock  exchange  hand- 
book, 1901.  v.  23,  O.   N.  Y.  Nicoll,  1901.*    §5. 

332 

Statistics  of  banks,  railroads,  corporation  interests, 
and  markets  of  this  country. 

CENSUS 

U.  S.  —  Census  office  —  11th  census.  Com- 
pendium. 3  v.  F.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1892-97.  free.  317.3 

v.  1,  Population ;  v.  2-3,  Miscellaneous  statistics. 

U.S. — Census  office  —  11th  census.  Ab- 
stract. 300  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1896.     free.  317.3 

A  more  condensed  statement  (in  one  volume)  of  the 
facts  of  the  11th  census.  All  the  subjects  that  are 
treated  of  in  the  11th  census  are  comprehended  in  this 
Abstract. 

A  complete  set  of  the  compendiums  of  the 
various  censuses  forms  an  important  addition 
to  the  statistical  books. 

The  full  census  reports  must  be  consulted 
for  more  detailed  statistical  information  regard- 
ing this  country. 

The  bulletins  of  the  12th  census  are  now  in 
course  of  publication  and  give  the  most  recent 
statistics.  Volume  one  (on  population)  of  the 
12th  census  has  been  issued  (1901).  It  con- 
tains graphic  charts  and  maps,  showing  features 
of  population. 

U.  S.  —  Census  office  —  11th  census.  Sta- 
tistical atlas  of  the  United  States,  based  upon 
results  of  the  11th  census,  by  Henry  Gannett. 
69  p.  pi.  maps,  sq.  F.  Wash.  Government 
printing  office,  1898.  317-3 

Shows  the  population,  manufactures,  agriculture, 
religion,  etc.,  of  this  country  by  means  of  colored 
charts.  An  earlier  edition  is  based  upon  the  10th 
census  (1880). 

*  Gannett,  Henry.  Building  of  a  nation.  .  .  . 
252  p.  il.  pi.  maps,  O.  N.  Y.  Thomas,  1895. 
$2.50.  317.3 

A  popular  account  of  the  growth,  present  condition, 
and  resources  of  the  U.  S.,  with  diagrams,  outline 
maps,  and  statistical  tables  of   the  population,  re- 
sources, etc.,  both  of  the  past  and  present. 
*  Continued  annually. 


COMMERCE 

The  dictionaries  of  commerce  are  considerably  out 
of  date. 

M'Culloch,  John  Ramsay.     Dictionary  of 
commerce  and  commercial  navigation.    New         ¥ 
ed.  enl.  by  A.  J.  Wilson.  1558  +  261  p.  maps,  O. 
Lond.  Longmans,  1882.    $21.  380.3 

An  English  work  which  gives  information  regarding 
all  matters  relating  to  commerce  in  concise  articles, 
with  maps,  statistical  information,  and  bibliographical 
references. 

Beeton,  Samuel  Orchart.  Dictionary  of 
industries  and  commerce.  .  .  .  338  p.  pi.  O. 
Lond.  Ward,  n.  d.     £1.  380.3 

Articles  are  briefer  than  those  in  M'Culloch,  and  it 
is  not  so  comprehensive  a  work.  English.  Includes 
accounts,  banking,  and  other  useful  subjects. 

Colange,  Auguste  Leon  de.  American  dic- 
tionary of  commerce,  manufactures,  commer- 
cial law,  and  finance.  2v.  il.  Q.  Bost.  Estes, 
1880-81.    $13.50.    o.  p.  380.3 

Commercial  year-book ;  a  statistical  and 
historical  record,  1896-1901.  v.  1-6,  O.  K  Y. 
Journal  of  commerce  and  commercial  bulletin, 
1896-1901.*    $1  per  vol.  380.5 

Relates  to  trade,  industries,  agriculture,  banking, 
currencies,  securities,  railroads,  shipping,  insurance, 
population,  etc.,  of  the  nations  of  the  world.  Index.. 
Statistics  are  given  from  1840. 

U.  S.  —  Bureau  of  foreign  commerce.  Re- 
view of  the  world's  commerce  during  the  year 
1900.  247  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1901.*    free.  380 

Statistical  tables  of  U.  S.  imports  and  exports,  and 
statistical  reports  of  the  commerce  of  foreign  coun- 
tries.   Index  of  places. 

•  BUSINESS 

Gaskell,  G.  A.  Compendium  of  forms,  edu- 
cational, social,  legal,  commercial,  embracing 
a  complete  course  in  penmanship  and  book- 
keeping.   Atchison,  Davis,  1887.    $4.  658 

Hill,  Thomas  Edie.  Hill's  manual  of  social 
and  business  forms,  a  guide  to  correct  writing. 
.  .  .  Newed.  rev.  581  p.  il.  sq.  Q.  Chic.  Hill, 
1895.    Subscription,  $3.  658 

These  two  works  are  similar  in  scope,  comprising 
miscellaneous  information  regarding  correspondence, 
forms  used  in  business,  proof-reading,  etiquet,  etc. 
Alphabetical  index. 

RAILWAYS 

Poor,  Henry  V.  Manual  of  the  railroads  of 
the  U.  S.  for  1901.  v.  34,  O.  N.  Y.  Poor,  1902.* 
$10.  38S 

*  Continued  annually. 


COMMERCE.    EDUCATION 


25 


Gives  the  routes  of  railroads,  their  mileage,  stocks, 
bonds,  debts,  expenses,  organizations,  officers,  etc., 
street  railway  and  traction  companies. 

Travelers'  official  railway  guide  for  the 
U.  S.,  Canada,  and  Mexico,  1902.  O.  N.  Y. 
Nat'l  railway  pub.  co.  1902.*  $5  per  year,  50 
cts.  per  monthly  copy.  385 

Railway  time-tables,  maps,  mileage,  list  of  officials, 
and  other  information  relating  to  railroads. 

U.  S.  —  Interstate  commerce  commission. 
Annual  report  on  the  statistics  of  railways  in 
the  United  States  for  the  year  ending  June  30, 
1900.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing  office, 
1901.*    free.  385 

•  SHIPPING 

Blue  book  of  American  shipping ;  marine 
and  naval  directory  of  the  U.  S.,  statistics  of 
shipping,  and  shipbuilding  in  America,  1901. 
il.  O.     Cleveland,  O.,  Marine  review  pub.  co. 

1901.*  387 

•  POST   OFFICE 

U.  S.  official  postal  guide,  rev.  and  pub. 
monthly,  Jan.  1902.  O.  Phil.  Lasher,  1902.* 
$2  per  year.  383 

Issued  annually  by  authority  of  the  Post-office  de- 
partment, with  monthly  additions  and  corrections. 
Good  for  finding  all  facts  relating  to  the  postal  ser- 
vice, list  of  post  offices,  rates  of  postage,  foreign 
mails,  general  regulations,  etc. 

Scott  stamp  and  coin  co.  Scott's  standard 
postage  stamp  catalogue,  giving  the  date  of 
issue,  color,  shape,  and  value  of  every  postage 
stamp  that  has  ever  been  issued  by  any  govern- 
ment of  the  world,  with  illustrations  of  nearly 
every  stamp.  .  .  .  Ed.  61  rev.  il.  D.  K.  Y. 
Scott  stamp  and  coin  co.  1901.*    58  cts.       383 

Alphabetically  by  countries. 

•  MONEY 

Muhleman,  Maurice  L.  Monetary  systems 
of  the  world  ;  a  study  of  present  currency  sys- 
tems and  statistical  information  relative  to  the 
volume  of  the  world's  money.  .  .  .  Rev.  ed. 
239  p.  D.     N.  Y.  Nicoll,  1896.     $2.  332 

Dye,  John  S.  Dye's  coin  encyclopaedia ;  a 
complete  illustrated  history  of  the  coins  of  the 
world.    1152  p.  O.   Phil.  Bradley,  1883.   o.  p. 

332.4 

Useful  for  finding  the  value  of  the  coins  of  the  world ; 
includes  all  countries  and  gives  descriptions  and  il- 
lustrations of  coins. 

Bergen,  W.  von.  Rare  coin  encyclopaedia. 
123  p.  il.  S.    Milwaukee,  Caspar,  1901.   $1.50. 

332.4 

*  Continued  annually. 


•ASSOCIATIONS 

Stevens,  Albert  Clark.  Cyclopaedia  of 
fraternities.  444  p.  O.  N*  Y.  Hamilton  pr. 
and  pub.  co.  1899.     $5.  366 

Describes  the  origin,  derivation,  founders,  develop- 
ment, arms,  emblems,  character,  and  personnel  of  more 
than  600  secret  societies  in  the  U.  S.  An  index  to 
titles  of  organizations  and  an  index  to  proper  names. 

Mackey,  Albert  G.  Encyclopaedia  of  free- 
masonry and  its  kindred  sciences,  comprising 
the  whole  range  of  arts,  sciences,  and  litera- 
ture as  connected  with  the  institution  ;  contain- 
ing also  an  addendum  by  C:  T.  McClenachan. 
New  ed.  rev.  1081  p.  il.  por.  O.  Phil.  Everts, 
1896.    $6.  366.1 

EDUCATION 

•Fletcher,  Alfred  Ewen.  Sonnenschein's 
cyclopaedia  of  education.  Ed.  3  enl.  570  p.  O. 
Lond.  Sonnenschein,  1889.    7s.  6d.  370.3 

Brief  articles  by  specialists  on  the  history,  theory, 
and  practice  of  education,  with  references  to  sources 
and  a  bibliography  of  education  as  an  appendix. 

Kiddle,  Henry,  and  Schem,  A.  J.  Cyclo- 
paedia of  education.  868  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Steiger, 
1877.  o.  p.  370-3 

Especially  good  for  American  and  English  infor- 
mation. Not  sufficiently  recent  to  be  of  every-day 
use,  but  it  is  the  only  American  cyclopedia  of  the 
subject. 

The  most  comprehensive  cyclopedia  of  edu- 
cation is  a  German  work  compiled  by  K.  A. 
Schmid,  entitled  Encyclopadie  der  gesamm- 
ten  erziehungs-  und  unterrichtswesen  (1876- 
87.  10  v.).  The  French  cyclopedia  Diction- 
naire  de  pedagogie  et  d'instruction  primaire 
by  Ferdinand  Buisson  (Paris,  Hachette,  1882. 
4  v.)  is  also  important. 

The  latest  reports  of  the  United  States  Bu- 
reau of  education  and  those  of  the  state  and 
city  superintendents  of  instruction  must  fre- 
quently be  consulted  for  statistical  and  other 
information  relating  to  education. 

Minerva  ;  jahrbuch  der  gelehrten  welt,  1891- 
1902.  v.  1-11,  il.  S.  Strassb.  Trubner,  1891- 
1902.*    8m.  per  vol.  378 

A  most  valuable  yearly  publication  which  gives 
brief  history,  list  of  publications,  faculty,  etc.,  of  the 
universities,  colleges,  technical  schools,  libraries,  mu- 
seums, learned  societies,  and  institutes  ;  arranged 
alphabetically  under  name  of  city  with  index  of  per- 
sonal names. 

American  college  and  public  school  direc- 
tory, 1901.  v.  24,  O.  St.  Louis,  Evans,  1901.* 
$2.  370 

*  Continued  annually. 


26 


SPEdAL  SUBJECTS 


Classified  lists  and  addresses  of  colleges,  semina- 
ries, academies,  normal  schools,  business  colleges,  and 
other  schools  of  this  country,  giving  name  of  presi- 
dent and  of  denomination  with  which  the  institution 
is  associated. 

•  College  year-book  and  athletic  record, 
1896-97.   592  p.  O.   N.  Y.  Stone,  1897.    378-73 

A  descriptive  catalog  of  American  universities,  col- 
leges, etc. ;  limited  to  those  conferring  degrees  ;  also 
useful  for  finding  miscellaneous  college  information 
such  as  college  colors,  yells,  fraternities,  etc. 

•Baird,  William  Raimond.  American  col- 
lege fraternities.  Ed.  5.  438  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Au- 
thor, 1898.   $2.  378.73 

A  full  account  of  each  fraternity  is  given. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Columbia  university  —  Library.  Books  on 
education  in  the  libraries  of  Columbia  univer- 
sity. 435  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Columbia  university, 
1901.  (Library  bulletins,  no.  2.)  $1.  016.37 
A  catalog  of  more  than  13,500  titles,  classified  with 
a  full  author  index.  The  list  includes  the  books  in 
the  Bryson  library  of  Teacher's  college. 

Monroe,  Will  S.  Bibliography  of  educa- 
tion. 202  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Appleton,  1897.  (Inter- 
national education  series.)    $1.50.  016.37 

Classified  list  with  author  index.  Many  of  the  titles 
are  annotated  briefly. 

Hall,  Granville  Stanley,  and  Mansfield, 
J.  M.  Hints  towards  a  select  and  descriptive 
bibliography  of  education.  309  p.  D.  Bost. 
Heath,  1886.   $1.50.  016.37 

Classified,  with  descriptive  notes. 
The  American  educational  catalog,  published 
annually  by  the  Publishers'  weekly  in  July,  is 
a  good  priced  list  of  educational  books  in  print. 

CUSTOMS 

*  Brand,  John.  Observations  on  the  popular 
antiquities  of  Great  Britain  .  .  .  rev.  and  enl. 
by  Sir  Henry  Ellis.  New  ed.  enl.  3v.  pi.  D. 
Lond.  Bell,  1888-90.     15s.  394 

Gives  the  origin  of  customs,  ceremonies,  and  su- 
perstitions of  Great  Britain.  A  general  index  in 
vol.  3. 

Chambers,  Robert.  Book  of  days;  a  mis- 
cellany of  popular  antiquities,  in  connection 
with  the  calendar.  2 v.  il.  Q.  Phil.  Lippincott, 
1891.     $7.  ■  080 

Published  originally  1862-64.  Later  editions  show 
little  revision. 

Under  each  day  of  the  year  (beginning  with  Jan.  1 
and  ending  Dec.  31)  is  given  anecdote,  biography,  his- 
tory, curiosities  of  literature,  and  miscellaneous  in- 
formation.   A  general  index  in  vol.  2  must  be  used. 


Useful  in  looking  up  information  about  Hallowe'en, 
Christmas,  etc. 

Walsh,  William  Shepard.  Curiosities  of 
popular  customs  and  of  rites,  ceremonies,  ob- 
servances, and  miscellaneous  antiquities.  1018  p. 
il.  D.    Phil.  Lippincott,  1898.   $3.50.  394 

Tells  of  the  origin  of  holidays,  rites,  ceremonies,  and 
observances,  particularly  those  pertaining  to  religion, 
with  accounts  of  numerous  miscellaneous  antiqui- 
ties. A  compilation  from  various  sources.  Lacks  an 
index. 

Hone's  Every -day  book  (Lond.  1826.  0.  p.)  is 
occasionally  useful. 

•  COSTUME 

•  Planche,  James  Robinson.  Cyclopaedia  of 
costume  ;  or,  Dictionary  of  dress.  .  .  .  2v.  il. 
pi.  sq.  Q.    Lond.  Chatto,  1876.     $20.  391 

Vol.  1  is  a  dictionary  of  costume,  giving  in  alpha- 
betical order  concise  definitions  of  terms  used  in 
describing  dress,  with  copious  illustrations;  vol.  2 
gives  a  history  of  costume  in  Europe. 

Besides  many  general  books  on  costume, 
such  as  Racinet's  Le  costume  historique,  il- 
lustrated biographies  and  histories  of  various 
countries  and  periods  must  be  consulted. 

SCIENCE 

In  no  department  (except  statistics)  is  it  more 
necessary  to  keep  up  with  recent  editions  of 
reference  books  than  in  science.  Many  of  the 
cyclopedias  in  this  section  become  obsolete 
almost  as  soon  as  published.  The  reference 
library  must  therefore  contain  the  latest  editions 
and  authorities.  Comparatively  few  good  scien- 
tific dictionaries  exist.  Many  old  cyclopedias 
are  frequently  found  useful;  among  these  are: 
Tomlinson's  Cyclopaedia  of  useful  arts,  me- 
chanical and  chemical,  manufactures,  mining, 
and  engineering  (Lond.  Virtue,  1868.  3v.),  and 
Ure's  Dictionary  of  arts,  manufactures,  and 
mines  (N.  Y.  1857-62.    2v.). 

TECHNICAL    TERMS 

Tolhausen,  Alexandre.  Dictionnaire  tech- 
nologique  dans  les  langues  francaise,  anglaise 
et  allemande.  Ed.  4.  3v.  S.  Lpz.  Tauchnitz, 
1897-1901.   (K  Y.  Lemcke.)    $11.50.  603 

v.  1,  French-German-English;  v.  2, English-German- 
French  ;  v.  3,  German-English-French. 

Gives  equivalents  in  English,  French,  and  German 
of  terms  employed  in  the  sciences  and  arts. 

Other  similar  dictionaries  are:  Rohrig  and  others' 
Technological  dictionary  (Wiesbaden,  Bergmann,  1891. 
3v.  $14.50),  Eger's  Technological  dictionary  in  the 
English  and  German  languages  (N.  Y.  Lemcke,  1886. 


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2v.  $9.80),  and  Webber's  Technisches  wbrterbuch  in 
vier  sprachen  (Ber.  Springer,  1897-99.  4v.  $4.40), 
which  includes  also  Italian. 

MATHEMATICS  AND  ASTRONOMY 

Davies,  Charles,  and  Peck,  W.  G.  Mathe- 
matical dictionary  and  cyclopedia  of  mathe- 
matical science.  592  p.  il.  O.  N.  Y.  Barnes, 
['1855-83].  $5.  510.3 

Definitions  of  terms  and  condensed  articles  on  the 
various  branches  of  mathematics. 

•American  ephemeris  and  nautical  alma- 

**    nac  for  .  .  .  1904.    591  p.  il.  maps,  Q.    Wash. 

Bur.  of  equipment,  1901.*    $1.  528 

Designed  for  the  special  use  of  navigators  and  as- 
tronomers. 

ELECTRICITY 

Houston,  Edwin  James.  Dictionary  of 
electrical  words,  terms,  and  phrases.  Ed.  4  enl. 
990  p.  il.  O.  N.  Y.  Johnston,  1898,  [« '89-98]. 
$7.  537 

Concise  definitions,  with  brief  statement  of  the 
principles  of  the  science,  and  some  illustrations  of 
apparatus.  There  are  two  appendixes,  thus  making 
three  alphabets  to  be  examined. 

A  smaller  dictionary  is  Sloane's  Standard  electrical 
dictionary  (Lond.  Lockwood,  1900). 

CHEMISTRY 

Watts,  Henry.  Dictionary  of  chemistry  ; 
rev.  and  entirely  rewritten  by  M.  M.  P.  Muir 
and  H.  F.  Morley  ...  Ed.  2.  4v.  O.  Lond. 
Longmans,  1890-94.     $50.50.  540.3 

The  original  edition  was  called  Dictionary  of  chem- 
istry and  the  allied  branches  of  other  sciences  (1865). 

This  edition  deals  mainly  with  the  purely  scientific 
side  of  chemistry. 

Thorpe,  Thomas  Edward.  Dictionary  of 
applied  chemistry.  3v.  il.  O.  Lond.  Long- 
mans, 1890-93.    $50.  660.3 

"  Essentially  a  dictionary  of  chemistry  in  its  appli- 
cation to  the  arts  and  manufactures,  hence  it  deals 
but  sparingly  with  the  purely  scientific  aspects  of 
chemistry,  unless  these  have  some  direct  and  immedi- 
ate bearing  upon  the  business  of  the  technologist. 
The  work  may  be  considered  as  complementary  to 
Watts's  Dictionary,  the  general  plan  and  arrangement 
are  similar."    Preface. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Bolton,  Henry  Carrington.  Select  bibli- 
ography of  chemistry,  1492-1892.  1212  p.  O. 
Wash.  Smithsonian  inst.  1899.  free.        016.54 

First  supplement,  1492-1897.   489  p.  O. 

Wash.  Smithsonian  inst.  1899.    free.      016.54 

Academic  dissertations.  534  p.  O.  Wash. 

Smithsonian  inst.  1901.  free.  016.54 

*  Continued  annually. 


A  comprehensive  bibliography,  containing  some 
annotations. 

GEOLOGY 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Darton,  Nelson  Horatio.  Catalogue  and 
index  of  contributions  to  North  American 
geology,  1732-1891.  1045  p.  O.  Wash.  Govern- 
ment printing  office,  1896.  free.  (U.  S.  geologi- 
cal survey.  Bulletin,  no.  127.)  016.557 
Alphabetically  arranged  under  author  and  subject. 
Includes  references  to  articles  in  serials. 

Warman,  Philip  Creveling.  Bibliography 
and  index  of  the  publications  of  the  United 
States  geological  survey.  .  .  .  495  p.  O.  Wash. 
Government  printing  office,  1893.  (U.  S.  geo- 
logical survey.    Bulletin,  no.  100.)    free. 

016.557 

Catalogue  and  index  of  the  publications 

of  the  United  States  geological  survey,  1880- 
1901.  858  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1901.  (U.  S.  geological  survey.  Bulle- 
tin, no.  177).  free.  016.557 

This  is  an  extension  of  the  preceding,  which  is  fuller 
in  bibliographic  details;  while  this  edition  has  a  full 
index,  broadly  classified  and  alphabetically  arranged. 

Weeks,  Fred  Boughton.  Bibliography  of 
North  American  geology,  paleontology,  petro- 
logy, &  mineralogy,  1892-1900.  717  p.  O. 
Wash.  Government  printing  office,  1902.  (U.  S. 
geological  survey.     Bulletin,  no.  188.)    free. 

016.557 

Arranged  alphabetically  by  authors'  names,  with 
full  titles  of  separate  papers,  referring  to  the  publica- 
tion in  which  each  paper  is  printed.  Annotated.  To 
be  continued  yearly. 

NATURAL   HISTORY 

BIRDS 

Newton,  Alfred.  Dictionary  of  birds.  1088  p. 
il.  O.    Lond.  Black,  1893-96.   $5.  598.2 

"  Covers  the  whole  field  of  ornithology,  including, 
in  addition  to  the  birds  named,  the  anatomy  of  birds, 
their  classification,  their  geographical  distribution, 
their  geological  history,  and  much  matter  that  is 
purely  biographical."    Nation,  57:  416. 

BOTANY 

Crozier,  Arthur  Alger.  Dictionary  of  bo- 
tanical terms.  202  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Holt,  1892. 
$2.40.  580.3 

"  Aims  to  include  all  technical  terms  applied  to 
plants  both  by  botanists  and  others." 

Jackson,  Benjamin  Daydon.  Glossary  of 
botanic  terms  with  their  derivation  and  accent. 
327  p.  D.    Phil.  Lippincott,  1900.   $2,       580.3 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


"Volume  is  compact  and  convenient."  Nation, 
72:92. 

Smith,  John.  Dictionary  of  economic  plants. 
457  p.  O.    N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1882.   $3.50. 

580.3 

"A  useful  compendium  of  the  popular  names  of 
plants  which  supply  the  natural  and  acquired  wants 
of  man  in  all  matters  of  domestic  and  general  eco- 
nomy ;  their  history,  products,  and  uses.  Adapted 
to  the  general  student."  Leypoldt  and  lies' s  List  of 
books  for  girls  and  women. 

USEFUL  ARTS 

HORTICULTURE 

v  Bailey,    Liberty     Hyde.      Cyclopedia    of 

American  horticulture.  4v.  il.  Q.  N.  Y.  Mac- 
millan, 1901-02.  $20.  630.3 

"  Purpose  of  this  work  is  to  make  a  complete  record 
of  the  status  of  North  American  horticulture  as  it 
exists  at  the  close  of  the  19th  century.  The  work  dis- 
cusses the  cultivation  of  fruits,  flowers,  and  garden 
vegetables,  describes  all  the  species  which  are  known 
to  be  in  the  horticultural  trade,  outlines  the  horti- 
cultural possibilities  of  the  various  states,  territories, 
and  provinces,  presents  biographies  of  those  persons 
not  living  who  have  contributed  most  to  the  horti- 
cultural progress  of  North  America,  and  indicates 
the  leading  monographic  works  relating  to  the  vari- 
ous subjects."    Preface. 

A  small  volume  will  be  issued  annually  to  supple- 
ment the  Cyclopedia. 

"  The  most  complete  similar  recent  work  in  the 
English  language  is  Nicholson's  Illustrated  dictionary 
of  gardening,  four  vols.  1884-87.  .  .  .  Mottet's  French 
edition  of  Nicholson,  five  vols.  1892-99,  is  the  largest 
modern  cyclopedia  of  horticulture,  and  the  only  one 
which  exceeds  in  size  the  present  American  venture." 
Preface  to  v.  4. 

MEDICINE 

Billings,  John  Shaw,  and  others.  Na- 
tional medical  dictionary.  2v.  Q.  Phil.  Lea, 
1890.   $12.  610.3 

Clear,  concise  definitions  of  medical  terms  in  cur- 
rent use  in  English,  French,  German,  and  Italian 
medical  literature.  Includes  the  Latin  medical  termi- 
nology. 

Gould,  George  Milbry.  New  medical  dic- 
tionary. 519  p.O.   Phil.  Blakiston,  1892.  $3.25. 

610.3 

Includes  words  and  phrases  generally  used  in  medi- 
cine with  their  proper  pronunciation  and  definitions. 
Concise  and  of  convenient  size  for  ready  reference. 

Illustrated  dictionary  of  medicine  and 

allied  sciences.  Ed.  4.  1633  p.  il.  sq.  O.  Phil. 
Blakiston,  1894.   $10.  610.3 

Gives  pronunciation,  derivation,  and  definition  of 
terms  used  in  medicine  and  the  various  sciences  re- 
lated to  it  — biology,  zoology,  botany,  chemistry,  etc., 
with  illustrations.    The  best  medical  dictionary. 


Foster,  Frank  Pierce.  Illustrated  ency- 
clopaedic medical  dictionary ;  being  a  diction- 
ary of  the  technical  terms  used  by  writers  on 
medicine  and  the  collateral  sciences  in  the 
Latin,  English,  French,  and  German  languages. 
4v.  il.  pi.  Q.     N.  Y.  Appleton,  1888-94.     $40. 

610.3 

Other  good  dictionaries  of  medicine  are  : 
Duane's  Dictionary  of  medicine  and  the  allied 
sciences  (Phil.  Lea,  1900.  $4),  Dunglison's  Dic- 
tionary of  medical  science  (Phil.  Lea,  1893.  $7), 
which  are  dictionaries  of  terms,  and  Quain's 
Dictionary  of  medicine  (N.  Y.  Appleton,  1894. 
2v.    $14),  which  is  a  dictionary  of  diseases. 

Stille,  Alfred,  and  others.     National  dis- 
pensatory. ...  Ed.  5  rev.    Phil.  Lea,  1894.       ffc 
$7.25.  615.12 

Gives  the  natural  history,  chemistry,  pharmacy, 
actions,  and  uses  of  medicines,  including  those  recog- 
nized in  the  pharmacopoeias  of  the  U.  S.,  Great  Brit- 
ain, and  Germany,  with  references  to  the  French 
codex.    It  has  a  general  index. 

Wood,  George  Bacon,  and  Bache,  Frank- 
lin. Dispensatory  of  the  United  States.  ... 
Ed.  18  rev.  and  enl.  by  H.  C.  Wood,  J.  P. 
Remington,  and  S.  P.  Sadtler.  1999  p.  O.  Phil. 
Lippincott,  [c  1877-99].   $7.  615.12 

The  first  edition  appeared  in  1833. 

"The  objects  of  a  Dispensatory  are  to  present 
an  account  of  medical  substances  in  the  state  in 
which  they  are  brought  into  the  shops  and  to  teach 
the  modes  in  which  they  are  prepared  for  use."  Pre- 
face. 

The  work  is  arranged  alphabetically  under  name  of 
the  drugs  with  index  of  diseases. 

A  commentary  upon  the  Pharmacopoeias  of  the 
TJ.  S.  and  Great  Britain. 

A  more  important  work  than  the  preceding. 

*  National  convention  for  revising  the  Phar- 
macopoeia. Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  7th  decennial  revision  (1890). 
602  p.O.    Phil.  Blakiston,  1893.    $2.50.       615 

^  BIBLIOGRAPHY 


U.  S.  —  Surgeon-general's  office,  U.  S. 
army.  Index-catalogue  of  the  library,  authors, 
and  subjects.  16v.  Q.  Wash.  Government 
printing  office,  1880-95.    $5  per  vol.        016.61 

Second  series,  v.  1-6,  Q.  "Wash.  Gov- 
ernment printing  office,  1896-1901.    $5  per.  vol. 

016.61 

Second  series  to  Hern.    In  course  of  publication. 

This  is  one  of  the  finest  catalogs  of  any  library,  giv- 
ing in  dictionary  order,  books,  pamphlets,  and  titles 
of  articles  in  medical  journals  and  transactions  con- 
tained in  one  of  the  largest  of  medical  libraries.  A 
separate  volume  entitled  Alphabetical  list  of  abbre- 
viations of  titles  of  medical  periodicals  employed  in 


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the  Index-catalogue,  vols.  1-16,  numbers  282  pages, 
showing  the  large  number  of  periodicals  indexed. 

Index  medicus  ;  a  monthly  classified  record 
of  the  current  medical  literature  of  the  world, 
1879-Apr.  1899.     21v.  Q.     Bost.  1879-99. 

016.61 

Ceased  publication,  April,  1899. 

Each  yearly  volume  has  an  author  index  and  a  full 
subject  index  of  the  books  and  periodicals  of  the  year 
which  relate  to  medicine. 

Bibliographia  medica  ;  index  medicus,  is- 
sued by  the  Institut  de  bibliographic  of  Paris, 
continues  the  bibliography  of  medicine  from 
Jan.  1900  to  date. 

DOMESTIC   SCIENCE 

Cassell  &  co.,  pub.  Domestic  dictionary ; 
an  encyclopaedia  for  the  household.  1276  p.  il. 
O.   Lond.  Cassell,  n.  d.    7s.  640.3 

Condensed  descriptions,  definitions,  and  explana- 
tions of  household  matters.    An  English  publication. 

Goodholme,  Todd  S.  Domestic  cyclopae- 
dia of  practical  information.  New  ed.  enl. 
652  p.  il.  Q.  N.  Y.  Scribner,  1889,  [c  77-89]. 
$5.  640.3 

A  concise  American  dictionary.  Not  sufficiently 
recent. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Shaw,  Robert  Kendall.  Bibliography  of 
domestic  economy  in  English.  170  p.  O.  Alb. 
University  of  the  state  of  N.  Y.,  1901.  15  cts. 
(See  N.  Y.  (state)  —  Library.  Bulletins,  no.  52.) 

016,64 

Aims  "  to  include  all  bound  books  on  domestic  eco- 
nomy published  in  the  English  language  between  1850 
and  1899."    The  best  books  are  starred. 

RECEIPTS 

Cooley,  Arnold  James.  Cyclopaedia  of  prac- 
tical receipts.  .  .  .  Ed.  6  rev.  by  R.  V.  Tuson. 
2v.  il.  O.    K  Y.  Appleton,  1891.    $9.  603 

A  collection  of  formulae  and  processes  in  the  indus- 
trial and  useful  arts,  manufactures,  professions,  and 
trades,  including  medicine,  pharmacy,  and  domestic 
economy. 

Hopkins,  Albert  Allis.  Scientific  American 
cyclopedia  of  receipts,  notes,  and  queries. 
675  p.  O.     N.  Y.  Munn,  1892.     $5.  603 

Replies  to  correspondents  in  the  Notes  and  queries 
column  of  the  Scientific  American,  giving  receipts. 

Brannt,  William  T.,  and  Wahl,  W:  H. 
Techno-chemical  receipt-book  ;  ed.  chiefly  from 
the  German.  495  p.  il.  D.  Phil.  Baird,  1890, 
[«'86].   $2.  603 

Receipts  and  processes  of  practical  application  in 
the  arts  and  the  industries. 


MECHANIC  ARTS 

Knight,  Edward  Henry.  American  me- 
chanical dictionary.  3v.  il.  pi.  Q.  Bost. 
Houghton,  [c  1872-76].    $24.  603 

A  digest  of  mechanical  appliances  in  science  and  the 
arts.  Description  of  tools,  machines,  processes,  and 
engineering. 

New  mechanical  dictionary.  .  .  .  960  p. 

il.pl.  Q.  Bost.  Houghton,  1884,  [c  '82-83].   $9. 

603 

A  continuation  of  the  preceding.  Refers  to  articles 
in  technical  journals,  1876-80. 

Appleton's  cyclopaedia  of  applied  mechan- 
ics ;  a  dictionary  of  mechanical  engineering 
and  the  mechanic  arts.  2 v.  Q.  N.  Y.  Apple- 
ton,  1884,  [c'78].    $15.  603 

Benjamin,  Park.  Modern  mechanism  .  .  . 
supplementary  volume  to  Appleton's  Cyclo- 
paedia of  applied  mechanics.  959  p.  il.  pi.  Q. 
N.  Y.  Appleton,  1896,  [<'92].     $7.50.  603 

Describes  machines,  motors,  and  the  transmission 
of  power. 

Dixon,  D.  B.  Mechanical  arts  simplified  ;  a 
work  of  reference.  Newed.  497  p.  il.  O.  Chic. 
Laird,  1897,  [c  '94-97].    $2.50.  603 

Treats  the  subject  in  a  popular  manner. 

Hasluck,  Paul  N.  Cassell' s  cyclopaedia  of 
mechanics,  containing  receipts,  processes,  and 
memoranda  for  workshop  use.  Ser.  1,  il.  O. 
Lond.  Cassell,  1900.     7s.  6d.  603 

Not  alphabetically  arranged,  but  it  has  an  alphabeti- 
cal index. 

ENGINEERING 

Byrne,  Oliver,  and  Spon,  Ernest.  Spon's 
dictionary  of  engineering,  civil,  mechanical, 
military,  and  naval ;  with  technical  terms  in 
French,  German,  Italian,  and  Spanish.  3v.  il. 
Q.     Lond.  Spon,  1874.     $40.  620.3 

Articles  written  mainly  by  practical  engineers.  In- 
dex in  vol.  3. 

Kempe,  H.  R.  Engineer's  year-book  of 
formulae,  rules,  tables,  data,  and  memoranda  in 
civil,  mechanical,  electrical,  marine,  and  mining 
engineering.   D.    Lond.  Lockwood,  1901.    8s. 

620.5 

Full  index. 

Among  the  ready  reference  books  in  engineering  are 
the  following  handbooks,  which,  although  not  diction- 
aries, are  of  very  great  use  in  finding  facts  quickly  : 
Haswell's  Mechanics'  and  engineers'  pocket-book  of 
tables,  rules,  and  formulas  pertaining  to  mechanics, 
mathematics,  and  physics  (N.  Y.  Harper,  [c  1884-94]. 
$3),  Kent's  Mechanical  engineer's  pocket-book  (N.  Y. 
Wiley,  [c  1895].  $5),  Trautwine's  Civil  engineer's  pocket- 
book  (N.  Y.  Wiley  [c  1882-94].    $5),  and  Foster's  Elec- 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


trical  engineer's  pocket-book  (N.  Y.  Van  Nostrand, 
1901.    $5). 

INDUSTRIES  AND  MANUFACTURES 
Lock,  Charles  G.  Warnford.  Spon's  en- 
cyclopaedia of  the  industrial  arts,  manufactures, 
and  raw  commercial  products.  2v.  il.  Q.  Lond. 
Spon,  1882.    £3  10s.  603 

Treats  fully  of  such  subjects  as  acids,  bleaching, 
cotton  manufactures,  dye-stuffs,  floor-cloth,  etc.  An 
English  work,  alphabetically  arranged. 

Seeger  and  Guernsey's  cyclopaedia  of  the 
manufactures  and  products  of  the  United 
States.  Q.  N.  Y.  U.  S.  industrial  pub.  co. 
['1900].*    $10.  670 

A  list  of  manufactures  and  products,  with  names  of 
firms  and  an  index  to  articles. 

•  Bolland,  Simpson.  Encyclopedia  of  found- 
ing and  dictionary  of  foundry  terms  used  in  the 
practice  of  moulding.  .  .  .  535  p.  D.  N.  Y. 
Wiley,  1894.    $3.  671 

Names  of  minerals,  metals,  and  chemicals  have  been 
included. 

•American  iron  and  steel  association. 
Directory  to  the  iron  and  steel  works  of  the 
U.  S.  Ed.  13  corrected  to  Jan.  1,  1901.  Phil. 
American  iron  and  steel  assoc.  1901.    $10.      672 

Issued  biennially. 

Cole,  George  S.  Encyclopedia  of  dry 
goods ;  a  reference  book  of  the  wholesale  and 
retail  dry  goods  trade  of  the  United  States.  .  .  . 
New  ed.  rev.  and  enl.  640  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Root 
newspaper  assoc.  1900.     $2.50.  677 

A  useful  reference  book,  alphabetically  arranged, 
giving  a  descriptive  and  historical  account  of  the 
standard  fabrics,  garments,  and  related  articles  of 
merchandise,  and  explanation  of  the  processes  of 
manufacture  of  textile  fabrics. 

MINERALS 

Rothwell,  Richard  Pennefather.  Mineral 
industry  ;  its  statistics,  technology,  and  trade 
in  the  United  States  and  other  countries  to  the 
end  of  1901.  O.  N.  Y.  Scientific  pub.  co. 
1902.*    $5.  669 

An  annual  publication  alphabetically  arranged. 

The  U.  S.  Geological  survey  issues  an  annual 
work  on  the  mineral  resources  of  this  country, 
which  is  distributed  gratis.  It  does  not  appear 
so  punctually  as  the  preceding,  and  is  limited 
to  the  United  States. 

Chester,  Albert  Huntington.  Dictionary 
of  the  names  of  minerals,  including  their  his- 
tory and  etymology.  320  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Wiley, 
1896.    $3.50.  549.03 

*  Continued  annually. 


Brief  definitions  and  history  of  names;  with  an 
index  to  the  authors  of  mineral  names. 

•  PATENTS 

U.  S.  —  Patent  office.  Official  gazette, 
1872-1902.  v.  1-99,  il.  Q.  Wash.  Government 
printing  office,  1872-1902.     free.  608 

Weekly  since  1872.  It  contains  patents,  trade-marks, 
designs,  and  labels,  issued  each  week ;  decisions  of  the 
Commissioner  of  patents  and  of  U.  S.  courts  in  patent 
cases.  In  libraries  having  complete  files  of  the  Offi- 
cial gazette  they  are  a  much  used  part  of  the  refer- 
ence collection. 

The  annual  reports  of  the  Commissioner  of  patents 
contain  indexes  to  the  Official  gazette.  For  fuller  in- 
formation concerning  a  patent,  consult  the  Specifica- 
tions of  patents. 

PRINTING 

American  dictionary  of  printing  and  book- 
making  .  .  .  592  p.  il.  por.  sq.  Q.  N.  Y.  Lock- 
wood,  1894.  655 

Historical  and  technical,  including  biographical 
sketches  and  definitions. 

Timperley's  Encyclopaedia  of  literary  and 
typographical  anecdote  (Lond.  Bohn,  1842. 
o.  p.)  is  an  old  work  containing  much  miscel- 
laneous information  about  the  history  of  print- 
ing. It  is  a  chronological  digest,  with  a  full 
index. 

BIBLTOGEAPHY 

Bigmore,  Edward  Clements,  and  Wyman, 
C.  W.  H.  Bibliography  of  printing.  3v.  il. 
sq.  O.    Lond.  Quaritch,  1880-86.    about  £3  19s. 

016.655 

Annotated. 

MILITARY  AND  NAVAL 

Farrow,  Edward  Samuel.  Farrow's  mili- 
tary encyclopedia;  a  dictionary  of  military 
knowledge.  3v.  il.  maps,  Q.  N.  Y.  Military- 
naval  pub.  co.  1895.     $24.  623 

Brief  articles,  not  strictly  technical,  on  military 
subjects,  ancient  and  modern,  foreign  and  domestic. 

Hamersly,  Lewis  Randolph.  Naval  en- 
cyclopaedia. 1017  p.  Q.  Phil.  Hamersly,  1881. 
$5.  359. 03 

A  concise  dictionary  of  nautical  words  and  phrases, 
biographical  notices,  and  records  of  naval  officers, 
with  special  articles  on  naval  art  and  science  written 
by  authorities.  It  contains  also  descriptions  of  naval 
stations  and  seaports. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY   OF  USEFUL  ARTS 

Haferkorn,  Henry  Ernst,  and  Heise,  Paul. 
Handy  lists  of  technical  literature.  6v.  O. 
Milwaukee,  Haferkorn,  1890-93.   $12.      016.6 


FINE  ARTS 


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Contents:  Useful  arts  in  general;  Military  and  naval 
science ;  Electricity  and  magnetism ;  Engineering  and 
mechanics  ;  Mines  and  mining  ;  Fine  arts. 

Gives  trade  information,  publisher,  price,  etc. ;  sub- 
ject and  author  lists  are  in  one  alphabet. 

FINE   ARTS 

DICTIONARIES 

Adeline,  Jules.  Art  dictionary  .  .  .  tr.  fr. 
the  French  and  enlarged.  422  p.  il.  O.  Lond. 
Virtue,  1891.  7s.  6d.  (N.  Y.  Appleton,  1891. 
$2.25.)  703 

An  illustrated  index  of  terms  used  in  art,  architec- 
ture, heraldry,  and  archaeology. 

♦Mollett,  John  William.  Illustrated  dic- 
tionary of  words  used  in  art  and  archaeology. 
...  350  p.  il.  O.    Bost.  Houghton,  1883.     $5. 

703 

Explains  terms  used  in  works  on  architecture,  arms, 
painting,  sculpture,  costume,  etc.,  with  their  deriva- 
tions. 

♦ANNUALS 

Levy,  Florence  N.    American  art  annual, 

1898-1901.    v.  1-3,  O.    N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1899- 

1900.*    $3  per  vol.  705 

Information  as  to  art  exhibitions  and  sales  of  the 

year,  lists  of  artists,  art  directory. 

An  English  annual  called  The  year's  art, 
compiled  by  A.  C.  R.  Carter,  is  also  published 
(N.  Y.  Scribner.    $1.40.).* 

•SYMBOLIC  ART 
Clement,  Mrs.  Clara  Erskine,  afterwards 
Mrs.  Waters.     Handbook  of  Christian  sym- 
bols and  stories  of  the  saints  as  illustrated  in 
art.   Ed.  2.  349  p.  il.  O.  Bost.  Ticknor,  [*  1871- 
86].    $2.  703 
Handbook  of  legendary  and  mythologi- 
cal art.    Ed.  22.   575  p.  il.  D.   Bost.  Houghton, 
1890,  [<  71-86].   $3.  703 
Contains  a  catalog  of  pictures  in  European  gal- 
leries. 

Good  popular  handbooks  on  symbolic  and  legendary 
art. 

ARTISTS 

See  Biography. 

BIBLIOGKAPHY 

Sturgis,  Russell.  Annotated  bibliography 
of  fine  art  ;  painting,  sculpture,  architecture, 
arts  of  decoration  and  illustration  ;  ed.  by 
George  lies.  89  p.  O.  Bost.  Library  bureau, 
1897.  (A.  L.  A.  annotated  lists.)  $1.  016.7 
Contains  also  an  annotated  bibliography  of  music, 
by  H.  E.  Krehbiel. 

*  Continued  annually. 


About  1000  carefully  chosen  titles  with  excellent  de- 
scriptive and  critical  notes.    Prices  of  books  are  given. 

•  South  Kensington  museum.  First  proofs 
of  the  Universal  catalogue  of  books  on  art.  3v. 
sq.  O.     Lond.  Chapman,  1870-77.  016.7 

Author  list ;  no  annotations. 

'Farrar,  Charles  Samuel.  Art  topics  in  the 
history  of  sculpture,  painting,  and  architec- 
ture. Ed.  3  enl.  206  p.  sq.  O.  Chic.  Farrar, 
1890,  [c  '81].     $1.25.  016.7 

Designed  to  furnish  a  course  of  reading  in  the  his- 
tory of  art,  arranged  as  a  syllabus  with  references  to 
the  best  authorities  on  each  topic. 

ARCHITECTURE 

Sturgis,  Russell.  Dictionary  of  architec- 
ture and  building,  biographical,  historical,  and 
descriptive.  3v.  il.  pi.  Q.  N.  Y.  Macmillan, 
1901.   $18.  720.3 

"  It  is  not  hard  to  pick  flaws  in  the  best  of  technical 
dictionaries,  and  this  one,  in  spite  of  its  defects, 
which  are  of  omission  rather  than  commission,  will 
prove  an  eminently  useful  and,  in  the  main,  reliable 
work."    Nation,  72:  220. 

Combines  the  features  of  a  dictionary  and  an  ency- 
clopedia. 

Architectural  publication  society.  Dic- 
tionary of  architecture.  .  .  .  6v.  pi.  F.  Lond. 
Richards,  1852-92.     $65.     o.  p.  720.3 

An  important  work,  including  technical,  aesthetical, 
historical,  and  biographical  articles  with  bibliogra- 
phical references. 

Gwilt,  Joseph.  Encyclopaedia  of  architec- 
ture. New  ed.  enl.  by  Wyatt  Papworth.  lv. 
in  2,  il.  pi.  O.     Lond.  Longmans,  1888.    $17.50. 

720.3 
First  published  in  1842,  it  is  still  an  authority.  Not 
alphabetically  arranged  ;  full  index.  Includes  not 
only  the  historical  and  practical  side  of  the  subject 
but  an  extensive  bibliography  and  a  glossary  of  archi- 
tectural terms. 

•  Longfellow,  William  Pitt  Preble.  Cyclo- 
pedia of  works  of  architecture  in  Italy,  Greece, 
and  the  Levant.  546  p.  il.  pi.  Q.  N.  Y.  Scrib- 
ner, 1895.     $25.  720.3 

Arranged  alphabetically  by  names  of  places  with 
an  account  of  the  chief  architectural  monuments  in 
each.    The  illustrations  are  good. 

Viollet-le-Duc,  Eugene  Emmanuel.  Dic- 
tionnaire  raisonne  de  1' architecture  francaise  du 
xr9  au  xvi*  siecle.  lOv.  O.  Paris,  Morel,  1868. 
250fr.  720-3 

A  dictionary  of  medieval  French  architecture.  An 
important  authority.  The  index  in  volume  10,  by 
Henri  Sabine,  is  of  use  in  finding  subjects. 

•  Garnsey,  George  O.    American  glossary  of 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


architectural  terms,  unp.  il.  Q.  Cliic.  Garnsey, 
1887.   $2.  720.3 

Concise  definitions  of  terms  in  architecture  and  the 
building  arts  in  use  in  England  and  America. 

•Parker,  John   Henry.  Glossary  of  terms 

used  in  Grecian,  Roman,  Italian,  and  Gothic 

architecture.     Ed.  5  enl.  3v.  il.  pi.  O.     Ox. 

Parker,  1850.   o.  p.  720.3 

v.  1,  text ;  v.  2-3,  plates. 

A  dictionary  of  architectural  terms  with  many  illus- 
trations and  two  volumes  of  plates. 

Concise  glossary  of  terms  used  in  Gre- 
cian, Roman,  Italian,  and  Gothic  architecture. 
Ed.  7.  335  p.  il.  pi.  S.  Lond.  Parker,  1888. 
$3.  720.3 

An  abridgment  of  the  preceding  for  popular  use. 

•Perry,  J.  Tavenor.  Chronology  of  mediae- 
val and  renaissance  architecture.  290  p.  il.  O. 
Lond.  Murray,  1893.     16s.  723 

Architectural  events  from  A.  d.  306  to  1626  are  ar- 
ranged in  chronological  order ;  with  an  index  to  places 
and  buildings  and  an  index  to  names  of  architects, 
sculptors,  and  other  persons. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

•  Boston  —  Public  library.  Catalogue  of  the 
books  relating  to  architecture,  construction, 
and  decoration.  150  p.  Q.  Bost.  Public  library, 
1894.     25  cts.  016.72 

Classified. 

Columbia  university  —  Library.  Catalogue 
of  the  Avery  architectural  library  :  a  memorial 
library  of  architecture,  archaeology,  and  deco- 
rative art.  1139  p.  il.  Q.  N.  Y.  Library  of 
Columbia  college,  1895.    $9.  016.72 

Author  list. 

PAINTING 

Champlin,  John  Denison,  jr.,  and  Perkins, 
C:  C.  Cyclopedia  of  painters  and  painting. 
4v.  il.  Q.   N.  Y.  Scribner,  1892,  [*  '85-87].    $20. 

750.3 

The  names  of  painters  and  their  works  are  given  in 
one  alphabet.  A  sketch  of  the  artist,  with  a  list  of  his 
works  and  bibliographical  notes,  is  often  accompanied 
by  his  portrait,  and  an  occasional  reproduction  in  out- 
line of  important  paintings.  Under  the  name  of  a 
celebrated  painting  will  be  found  a  brief  description 
of  it. 

MUSIC 

Grove,  Sir  George.  Dictionary  of  music 
and  musicians.  .  .  .  4v.  O.  Lond.  Macmillan, 
1889-90.   21s.  per  vol.  780.3 

Index  ...  and   catalogue    of   articles 

contributed  by  each  writer,  by  Mrs.  E.  R. 
Wodehouse.    Lond.  Macmillan,  1890.        780.3 


The  best  cyclopedia  of  music  in  English. 

It  covers  the  whole  field  of  music  from  1450  to  1889. 
English  music  and  musicians  have  been  given  special 
attention.  The  articles  are  by  prominent  writers,  and 
are  signed. 

Champlin,  John  Denison,  jr.,  andApthorp, 
W:  F.  Cyclopedia  of  music  and  musicians. 
3 v.  il.  Q.     N.  Y.  Scribner,  1893,  [c'88].    $15. 

780.3 

Its  scope  is  confined  to  the  biography  of  musicians 
and  a  dictionary  of  their  works  arranged  in  one  alpha- 
bet. The  theory  and  practice  of  music  is  not  included. 
Important  compositions  are  treated  fully  under  their 
own  names  in  separate  articles.  In  the  biographical 
articles,  titles  italicized  are  treated  separately  under 
their  names.  Bibliographical  notes  are  added,  and 
a  bibliography  of  music  is  given  in  the  first  volume. 
The  portraits  and  facsimiles  are  an  interesting  feature. 

Riemann,  Hugo.  Dictionary  of  music ;  tr. 
by  J.  S.  Shedlock.  895  p.  O.  Lond.  Augener, 
[1899].    $6.  780.3 

The  best  one-volume  dictionary.  It  contains  bio- 
graphical sketches  of  musicians,  including  contempo- 
raries. 

Stainer,  Sir  John,  and  Barrett,  W.  A. 
Dictionary  of  musical  terms.  New  ed.  464  p. 
Q.     N.  Y.  Scribner,  1899.   §3.  780.3 

Concise  explanations  of  the  common  terms  used  in 
music. 

MUSICIANS 

See  Biography. 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Woodbury,  Walter  E.  Encyclopaedic  dic- 
tionary of  photography.  536  p.  il.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Scovill,  1898.    $5.  770.3 

Definitions  of  terms. 

Two  year-books  of  photography  are  issued  : 
International  annual  of  Anthony's  photogra- 
phic bulletin  (N.  Y.  Anthony.  $1.25),  and  the 
American  annual  of  photography  (N.  Y.  Sco- 
ville.     75  cts.). 

Soule  art  company.  Complete  art  refer- 
ence catalogue.  1460  p.  pi.  sq.  Q.  Bost. 
Soule  art  co.  1902.     $5.  770 

Under  the  names  of  artists  is  arranged  a  list  of  their 
works,  of  which  photographic  reproductions  may  be 
obtained.  In  many  cases  the  dates,  birthplace,  and 
school  of  painting  are  given,  also  the  gallery  in  which 
the  picture  is  to  be  found,  and  the  cost  of  the  re- 
productions. There  are  many  illustrations.  There  is 
also  a  list  of  photographs  of  architecture  and  sculp- 
ture. 

« GAMES  AND  SPORTS 
Champlin,  John  Denison,  jr.,  and  Bost- 
wick,   A.   E.      Young  folks'  cyclopaedia  of 


LITERATURE 


games  and  sports.  831  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Holt,  1890. 
$2.50.  790-3 

Includes  both  indoor  and  outdoor  games  and  sports. 
The  articles  are  brief  and  written  from  the  American 
standpoint. 

Gomrae,  Alice  Bertha.  Traditional  games 
of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland  ;  with  tunes, 
singing  rhymes,  and  methods  of  playing  ac- 
cording to  the  variants  extant  and  recorded  in 
different  parts  of  the  kingdom.  2v.  O.  Lond. 
Nutt,  1894.    25s.  790.3 

Suffolk  and  Berkshire,  Henry  Charles 
Howard,  earl  of,  and  others.  Encyclopaedia 
of  sport.  2v.  il.  pi.  Q.  K  Y.  Putnam,  1898. 
$20.  790-3 

Written  from  the  English  standpoint,  embracing  the 
whole  field  of  sports,  with  some  related  topics.  A 
glossary  of  terms  used  in  each  sport  accompanies  the 
articles,  with  occasional  bibliographies. 

LITERATURE 

GENERAL 

Warner,  Charles  Dudley,  and  others.  Li- 
brary of  the  world's  best  literature,  ancient 
and  modern.  30v.  il.  por.  pi.  O.  N.  Y.  Peale, 
1896-97.   §3  per  vol.  803 

v.  1-27 :  Biographical  and  critical  sketches  and  se- 
lections. 

V.  28 :  Songs,  hymns,  and  lyrics. 

v.  29 :  Biographical  dictionary  of  authors. 

v.  30 :  Synopses  of  noted  books  ;  General  index. 

The  biographical  and  critical  sketches  of  authors  of 
all  ages  and  countries  are  written  by  eminent  scholars 
and  writers  and  are  signed.  The  selections  from  their 
works  have  been  well  made.  Portraits  and  illustra- 
tions are  a  useful  feature.  This  is  the  best  compila- 
tion of  the  kind. 

An  Index  guide,  prepared  by  E:  C.  Towne  (565  p.  Q. 
N.  Y.  Peale,  [c  1899].  $3),  is  designed  to  aid  in  pursuing 
courses  of  reading  and  study.  It  gives  also  national 
and  chronological  conspectuses  of  the  various  litera- 
tures. 

Other  compilations  of  a  similar  nature  have 
been  published,  among  which  may  be  men- 
tioned :  The  universal  anthology,  edited  by 
Richard  Garnett  and  others  (20v.  $60),  The 
international  library  of  famous  literature,  with 
introd.  by  D.  G.  Mitchell  and  Andrew  Lang 
(20v.  $60),  Literature  of  all  nations,  by  Julian 
Hawthorne,  Library  of  choice  literature  and 
encyclopaedia  of  universal  authorship,  by  A.  R. 
Spofford  and  Charles  Gibbon  (lOv.     $20). 

Brewer,  David  Josiah.  World's  best  ora- 
tions. lOv.  por.  pi.  O.  St.  Louis,  Kaiser, 
1899-1901.     $3.50  per  vol.  808.5 

Selected  orations  with  brief  criticism  and  sketch  of 
life  of  each  author.  In  volume  10  are:  noted  sayings 
and  celebrated  passages ;  index  of  orators,  index  of 


subjects ;  chronological  indexes  of  orators  and  sub- 
jects, of  periods  and  events,  etc.  ;  general  index. 

•  Champlin,  John  Denison,  jr.  Young  folks' 
cyclopaedia  of  literature  and  art.  604  p.  il.  O. 
N.  Y.  Holt,  1901.     $2.50.  803 

Concise  accounts  of  masterpieces  of  literature  and 
art,  including  music,  painting,  architecture,  and 
sculpture. 

•Gidel,  Charles  Antoine,  and  Loliee,  Fre- 
deric. Dictionnaire  manuel  illustre  des  ecri- 
vains  et  des  litteratures.  908  p.  il.  D.  Paris, 
Colin,  1898.     $1.20.  803 

Brief  accurate  accounts  of  authors,  works,  literary 
forms,  etc. 

•Vapereau,  Louis  Gustave.  Dictionnaire 
universel  des  litteratures.  2096  p.  O.  Paris, 
Hachette,  1876.     30fr.  803 

Literary  biography,  history,  and  works,  literary 
forms,  institutions,  drama,  journalism,  etc.  Biblio- 
graphical references. 

ANNUALS 

•Literary  year-book  and  bookman's  direc- 
tory, 1897-1902.  v.  1-5,  por.  D.  Lond.  Allen, 
N.  Y.  Dodd,1902.*    $1.25  per  vol.  805 

Contents:  Literature  of  the  year,  some  writers  of 
the  year,  some  books  of  the  year,  events  of  the  year, 
obituary,  royalty  tables,  directories  of  authors,  pub- 
lishers, booksellers,  technical  information,  lists  of 
clubs,  societies,  etc.,  Index. 

Clegg,  James.  International  directory  of 
second-hand  booksellers  and  bibliophile's  man- 
ual, including  lists  of  the  public  libraries  of  the 
world,  publishers,  book  collectors,  learned  so- 
cieties and  institutions,  theological  colleges, 
Burns  clubs,  etc.  367  p.  D.  Rochdale,  [Eng.] 
Clegg,  1899.*    6s.  655.4 

ENGLISH   AND   AMERICAN 

Allibone,  Samuel  Austin.  Critical  diction- 
ary of  English  literature  and  British  and  Amer- 
ican authors  living  and  deceased.  .  .  .  3v.  Q. 
Phil.  Lippincott,  1891,  [c  '54-86].  928.2 

Supplement  ...  by  J:   F.  Kirk.     2v. 

Q.  Phil.  Lippincott,  1891.  (Complete  in  5 
vols.     $17.50.)  928.2 

In  spite  of  many  inaccuracies  a  most  useful  book  of 
reference,  containing  biographical  and  bibliographi- 
cal sketches  of  authors  with  lists  of  their  works  and 
critical  notes  selected  from  well-known  authors  and 
reviews,  which  notes  are  particularly  full  in  the  ori- 
ginal three  volumes.  The  first  and  second  volumes 
are  not  later  than  1858,  whilevolume  three  comes  down 
to  1870.  The  three  volumes  are  most  elaborately  in- 
dexed.  The  Supplement  brings  the  work  down  to  1888. 

Moulton,  Charles  Wells.    Library  of  liter- 
*  Continued  annually. 


34 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


ary  criticism  of  English  and  American  authors. 
v.  1-3,  por.  O.  Buffalo,  Moulton  pub.  co.  1901- 
02.    $5  per  vol.  928.2 

To  be  completed  in  8  vols. 

"Each  author  is  treated  chronologically,  in  most 
cases  beginning  with  contemporary  criticism  and 
ending  with  some  living  authority."  The  arrange- 
ment is  also  chronological.  A  brief  biographical 
sketch  is  followed  by  criticisms. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

•  Hodgkins,  Louise  Manning.  Guide  to  the 
study  of  19th  century  authors,  v.  p.  D.  Bost. 
Heath,  1891.    60  cts.  016.82 

26  prominent  English  and  American  authors  are  in- 
cluded. Books  and  articles  of  value  in  studying  each 
are  indicated. 

•  Welsh,  Alfred  Hix.  English  masterpiece 
course.    205  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Silver,  [c  1887].   75  cts. 

820 
A  useful  list  of  references  under  English  and  Amer- 
ican authors  to  authorities  (books  and  periodical  arti- 
cles) on  them  and  on  one  or  more  of  their  chief  works. 
The  whole  is  arranged  chronologically. 

ENGLISH 

Adams,  William  Davenport.  Dictionary  of 
English  literature  ...  a  comprehensive  guide 
to  English  authors  and  their  works.  776  p.  O. 
N.  Y.  Cassell,  1884.   7s.  6d.  820.3 

Most  condensed  information  about  prominent  Eng- 
lish authors,  their  dates,  the  titles  of  leading  works 
and  dates  of  their  production,  with  some  critical  ex- 
tracts illustrative  of  their  characteristics.  Also  use- 
ful for  finding  the  author  of  and  some  facts  about 
important  English  essays,  plays,  and  novels.  Pseudo- 
nyms, familiar  quotations,  phrases,  proverbs,  charac- 
ters in  poetry  and  fiction  are  entered  under  the  first 
striking  word.  Poems  are  frequently  entered  under 
first  lines. 

Chambers's  cyclopaedia  of  English  liter- 
ature. New  ed.  by  David  Patrick,  v.  1,  il. 
por.  Q.  Lond.  Chambers,  1901.  (Phil.  Lippin- 
cott.)    $5  per  vol.  820.3 

To  be  completed  in  3  vols. 

The  first  ed.  was  published  in  1842-44,  a  revision 
was  made  in  1876,  and  again  in  1888.  This  new  edition 
is  thoroughly  revised  by  well-known  writers,  and 
brought  up  to  date.  The  arrangement  of  the  work 
is  chronological,  presenting  a  history  of  English  litera- 
ture with  critical  and  biographical  accounts  of  au- 
thors and  characteristic  selections  from  their  works. 

American  literature  will  be  included,  this  portion  to 
be  discussed  by  American  critics. 

Ryland,  Frederick.  Chronological  outlines 
of  English  literature.  351  p.  D.  Lond.  Mac- 
millan,  1890.     §1.40.  820.2 

The  author  designed  this  work  to  occupy  "  the  same 
position  which  an  ordinary  date  book  does  with  regard 
to  our  political  history."    It  gives  in  tables  the  dates 


of  literary  works,  biographical  dates,  foreign  litera- 
ture, history,  and  annotations.  Part  2  is  a  list  of 
authors  and  their  works. 

AMERICAN 

Stedman,  Edmund  Clarence,  and  Hutchin- 
son, E.  M.  Library  of  American  literature, 
llv.  por.  Q.  N.  Y.  Webster,  1891,  [c '87-90]. 
$33.  810.8 

"  The  design  is  to  afford  the  reader  a  general  view 
of  the  course  of  American  literature  from  the  outset. 
...  It  is  made  for  popular  use  and  enjoyment.  .  .  ." 
Preface. 

Select  and  characteristic  examples  from  American 
literature  are  given  without  any  critical  notes,  and  the 
work  is  not  confined  to  masterpieces.  The  arrangement 
is  chronological,  with  a  general  index  in  the  last  vol- 
ume, which  is  useful  in  finding  selections  on  special 
subjects.  In  the  index,  poems  are  indexed  by  title 
under  Poetry.  Short  biographies  of  the  authors  are 
given  in  volume  11,  which  also  contains  a  list  of  noted 
sayings  of  Americans.    Portraits. 

Duyckinck,  Evart  Augustus,  and  Duyck- 
inck,  G:  L.  Cyclopaedia  of  American  litera- 
ture. .  .  .  Ed.  to  date  by  M.  L.  Simons.  2v.  il. 
por.  Q.    Phil.  Baxter  pub.  co.  1881.  $12.    810.3 

Arrangement  is  chronological  from  the  earliest 
times  to  about  1875.  The  work  contains  biographical 
and  critical  notices  of  authors,  with  selections  from 
their  writings. 

Whitcomb,  Selden  L.  Chronological  out- 
lines of  American  literature.  ...  285  p.  D. 
N.  Y.  Macmillan,  1894.     $1.25.  810.2 

Similar  to  Ryland's  Outlines  of  English  literature. 

ALLUSIONS 

Constant  reference  is  made  to  books  of  this 
class  for  information  regarding  some  word  or 
proper  name  alluded  to  by  a  writer.  Another 
class  of  users  is  that  of  the  "prize  question" 
seeker,  whose  first  acquaintance  with  the  use 
of  books  and  libraries  is  often  gained  through 
the  desire  to  answer  correctly  a  set  of  ques- 
tions for  the  prize  offered. 

Notes  and  queries ;  a  medium  of  inter- 
communication for  literary  men,  artists,  anti- 
quarians, genealogists.  .  .  .  Nov.  1849-1902. 
105v.  sq.  O.    Lond.  1850-1902.     about  £45. 

805 

Published  weekly. 

Index  volume  to  each  series  of  12  vols. 

A  mass  of  curious  and  interesting  information, 
much  of  which  is  in  the  form  of  answers  to  corre- 
spondents. It  is  made  helpful  by  means  of  the  index 
volume  which  accompanies  each  series.  Often  useful 
when  answers  to  questions  cannot  be  found  elsewhere, 
e.  g.  for  authors  of  quotations,  the  origin  of  proverbs 
or  expressions,  etc.  In  the  indexes,  quotations  and 
proverbs  appear  under  those  words  arranged  alphabet- 
ically. 


ALLUSIONS 


35 


S  Smith,  Benjamin  Eli.     Century  cyclopedia 

of  namea     1085  p.  sq.  F.     N.  Y.  Century  co. 
[c1894].  $10.  803 

Includes  names  in  geography,  biography,  mytho- 
logy, history,  ethnology,  art,  fiction,  forming  a  supple- 
mentary volume  to  the  Century  dictionary.  Fullest 
in  biography  and  geography.  The  information  given 
is  concise.  Pronunciation  and  derivation  of  names 
are  given. 

Brewer,  Ebenezer  Cobham.  Dictionary  of 
phrase  and  fable.  .  .  .  New  ed.  rev.  1440  p. 
O.  Lond.  Cassell,  1896  (Phil.  Lippincott). 
$3.50.  803 

Derivation,  source,  or  origin  of  common  phrases, 
allusions,  and  words  that  have  a  special  meaning. 

Reader's  hand  book  of  allusions,  refer- 
ences, plots,  and  stories.  .  .  .  New  ed.  rev. 
1501  p.  D.  Lond.  Chatto,  1898  (Phil.  Lippin- 
cott).   $3.50.  803 

A  concise  account  of  such  names  as  are  used  in  allu- 
sions and  references  by  writers. 

Edwards,  Eliezer.  Words,  facts,  and 
phrases.  .  .  .  631  p.  D.  Phil.  Lippincott, 
[pref.  1881].    $2.50.  803 

Wheeler,  William  Adolphus,  and  Wheeler, 

/  C:   G.     Familiar  allusions ;    a  hand-book    of 

miscellaneous  information.     Ed.  5.   584  p.  D. 

Bost.  Houghton,  1890,  [«  '81].     $2.  803 

Phyfe,  William  Henry  Pinkney.  Five 
thousand  facts  and  fancies ;  a  cyclopaedia  of 
important,  curious,  quaint,  and  unique  infor- 
mation in  history,  literature,  sciences,  art,  and 
nature.    816  p.  O.    N.  Y.  Putnam,  1901.     $5. 

803 

Reddall,  Henry  Frederic.  Fact,  fancy, 
•  and  fable ;  a  new  handbook  for  ready  reference 
on  subjects  commonly  omitted  from  cyclo- 
paedias. 536  p.  O.   Chic.  McClurg,  1889.    $2.50. 

803 
'  Gives  useful  and  curious  information,  such  as  : 
memorable  days,  pseudonyms,  Americanisms,  politi- 
cal nomenclature,  foreign  words  and  sentences,  con- 
tractions and  abbreviations,  personal  sobriquets  and 
nicknames,  familiar  phrases  and  folk-sayings,  mytho- 
logical allusions. 

Walsh's  Handy-book  of  literary  curiosities 
(Phil.  Lippincott,  1893.  $3.50),  Killikelly's 
Curious  questions  (Phil.  Keystone  pub.  co. 
1890.  3v.  $3),  Bombaugh's  Gleanings  for  the 
curious  (Phil.  Lippincott,  1890.  $3.50),  are 
similar  compilations. 

A  large  number  of  smaller  books  will  be 
found  to  contain  answers  to  out-of-the-way 
questions  and  allusions.  Among  the  best- 
known  of  these  may  be  mentioned  :  Timbs's 


Things  not  generally  known  and  his  Popular 
errors  (books  issued  in  the  middle  of  the  cen- 
tury, but  still  useful),  and  more  recently  South- 
wick's  Quizzisms  and  its  key,  and  his  Wisps  of 
wit  and  wisdom  (1892). 

AUTHORSHIP 

Wheeler,  William  Adolphus.  Who  wrote 
it?  .  .  .  ed.  by  C:  G.  Wheeler.  174  p.  sq.  D. 
Bost.  Lee,  1887,  [c'81].     $2.  803 

A  brief  index  to  the  authorship  of  the  more  noted 
works  in  ancient  and  modern  literature.  Includes 
distinctive  titles  of  poems,  plays,  essays,  novels,  ro- 
mances, philosophical  and  literary  treatises.  Works 
of  the  latter  half  of  the  19th  century  are  not  included. 
A  few  critical  quotations  are  given. 

Peet,  Louis  Harman.  Who 's  the  author  ? 
a  guide  to  the  authorship  of  novels,  stories, 
speeches,  songs,  and  general  writings  of  Amer- 
ican literature.  317  p.  T.  N.  Y.  Crowell, 
[c1901].     50cts.  810 

A  convenient  little  volume  in  which  is  given  the 
author  and  a  brief  characterization  of  American  lit- 
erary productions.    It  has  also  a  list  of  authors. 

NOTED   NAMES  OF   FICTION 

Wheeler,  William  Adolphus.  Explana- 
tory and  pronouncing  dictionary  of  the  noted 
names  of  fiction.  .  .  .  With  an  apx.  by  C:  G. 
Wheeler.  Ed.  21.  440  p.  D.  Bost.  Houghton, 
1891,  [c '65-89].  $2.  803 

Explains  allusions  to  noted  fictitious  persons  and 
places  occurring  in  modern  literature.  Contained 
also  in  Webster's  International  dictionary  as  an  ap- 
pendix. 

•SOBRIQUETS 

Frey,  Albert  Romer.  Sobriquets  and  nick- 
names. 482  p.  O.  Bost.  Houghton,  1889, 
[c'87].     $3^  014 

Explains  the  meaning  of  many  well-known  nick- 
names and  epithets. 

See  also  Pseudonyms. 

ANTHOLOGIES    AND    QUOTA- 
TIONS 

Anthologies  and  books  of  quotations  are 
very  numerous.  Even  a  small  library  must 
have  several  in  order  to  answer  many  ques- 
tions as  to  authorship  of  passages.  They  are 
also  of  service  in  finding  passages  illustrating 
special  subjects,  in  verifying  a  quotation  as 
regards  its  accuracy  and  as  regards  its  exact 
place  in  an  author's  work. 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


ANTHOLOGIES 
POETICAL 

Sargent,  Epes.  Harper's  cyclopaedia  of 
British  and  American  poetry.  958  p.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Harper,  1882.  $4.50.  808.8 

Arranged  chronologically,  with  index  of  first  lines 
and  an  index  of  authors  containing  the  names  of 
their  poems  quoted  in  the  volume.  A  short  biogra- 
phical sketch  of  each  author  is  given. 

Bryant,  William  Cullen.  Family  library 
of  poetry  and  song.  .  .  .  950  p.  pi.  facsim.  Q. 
N.  Y.  Fords,  [c  1870-86].   $5.  808.8 

Arranged  under  Poems  of  infancy  and  youth  ; 
Poems  of  friendship  ;  Poems  of  love,  etc. 

Index  of  first  lines  ;  index  of  titles  ;  index  of  au- 
thors. Besides  British  and  American  poets,  there  are 
translations  from  ancient  and  modern  languages. 

Longfellow,  Henry  Wadsworth.  Poets 
and  poetry  of  Europe.  .  .  .  New  ed.  enl. 
921  p.  il.  pi.  Q.  Bost.  Houghton,  1888,  [c  70]. 
$5.  808.8 

A  collection  of  translations  from  the  poetry  of  ten 
different  nations  of  Europe,  arranged  chronologically 
under  each  country,  with  biographical  notices  of  the 
authors  and  an  author  index. 

Other  good  collections  are  :  Coates's  Fireside 
encyclopaedia  of  poetry  (Phil.  Porter.  $5),  Dana's 
Household  book  of  poetry  (N.  Y.  Appleton.  $5), 
Bates's  Cambridge  book  of  poetry  and  song 
(N.  Y.  Crow  ell.     $1.50). 

There  are  also  collections  of  the  poetry  of 
special  countries,  such  as  Stedman's  American 
anthology  and  his  Victorian  anthology,  Wil- 
son's The  poets  and  poetry  of  Scotland,  Ward's 
English  poets,  etc.,  which  may  be  classed 
among  reference  books. 

In  many  public  libraries  it  is  necessary  to 
keep  a  card  index  of  titles  of  poems  for  use  of 
the  reference  department.  The  Carnegie  li- 
brary of  Pittsburg  has  a  card  index  to  15,000 
poems  contained  in  70  volumes  of  poetical 
selections. 

•  RECITATIONS 

Werner's  directory  of  elocutionists,  readers, 
lecturers,  and  other  public  instructors  and  en- 
tertainers, with  lists  of  over  10,000  pieces  for 
declamation  and  recitation,  and  2500  dialogues. 
...  Ed.  by  E.  M.  Wilbor.  389  p.  D.  N.  Y. 
Werner,  1887.   o.  p.  808.8 

The  index  to  recitations  comprises  89  pages,  and 
indexes  collections  such  as  Garrett's  100  choice  selec- 
tions. They  are  mainly  poetical  selections,  including, 
however,  some  prose  recitations  which  are  distin- 
guished by  the  letter  p. 

While  out  of  print  and  scarce,  this  volume  is  still 


to  be  found  in  some  of  the  large  reference  libraries, 
and  is  the  only  reference  book  of  the  kind. 

QUOTATIONS 

Bartlett,  John.   Familiar  quotations.  Ed.  9.      JL1 
1158  p.  O.   Bost.  Little,  1900,  [c  1875-91].    $3. 

808.8 
A  collection  of  passages,  phrases,  and  proverbs  both 
poetical  and  prose,  giving  their  sources  in  ancient 
and  modern  literature.  The  arrangement  is  chronolo- 
gical, with  an  index  of  authors  and  an  index  by  most 
important  words  of  quotations.  One  of  the  most  com- 
plete and  accurate  compilations. 

Hoyt,  Jehiel  Keeler.  Cyclopedia  of  practi- 
cal quotations,  English,  Latin,  and  modern  for- 
eign languages.  New  ed  enl.  1178  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Funk,  1896.   $6.  808.8 

Arranged  under  subjects,  instead  of  chronologi- 
cally like  Bartlett's,  giving  the  exact  authority  as 
fully  as  possible.  English  quotations  first,  then  Latin 
and  foreign.  A  list  of  quoted  authors  with  dates  and 
nationality  and  pages  whereon  quoted.  No  quotations 
from  the  Bible  are  included.  There  is  a  full  index  to 
quotations  from  English  authors  and  the  English 
translation  of  foreign  quotations;  also  an  index  to 
Latin  and  modern  foreign  quotations.  The  most  use- 
ful work  for  quotations  by  subjects. 

•  Wale,  William.  What  great  men  have  said 
about  great  men ;  a  dictionary  of  quotations. 
482  p.  D.     Lond.  Sonnenschein,  1902.     $2.50. 

808.8 

Arranged  under  names  of  celebrated  persons  about 
whom  something  noted  has  been  said. 

'  POETICAL 

Allibone,  Samuel  Austin.  Poetical  quota- 
tions from  Chaucer  to  Tennyson.  788  p.  O. 
Phil.  Lippincott,  1891,  [c '73].     $3.  821.08 

The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  by  subject  of  quo- 
tation, with  an  author  index,  an  index  of  subjects, 
and  an  index  of  first  lines.  Confined  to  English 
poetry. 

Durfee,  Charles  A.  Concise  poetical  con- 
cordance to  the  principal  poets  of  the  world. 
639  p.  D.   N.  Y.  Alden,  1884.     $1.  808.8 

A  useful  alphabetical  list  of  first  lines,  characters, 
subjects,  and  quotations  referring  to  editions  of  works 
by  Alden  and  other  publishers  of  the  works  of  about 
54  poets. 

•PROSE 

Allibone,  Samuel  Austin.  Prose  quotations 
from  Socrates  to  Macaulay.  764  p.  O.  Phil. 
Lippincott,  1889,  [c  '75].     $3.  808.8 

The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  by  subject  of  quo- 
tation, with  an  index  of  authors  and  an  index  of  sub- 
jects.  Quotations  are  brief. 

Great  authors  of  all  ages.  .  .  .  555  p.  O. 

Phil.  Lippincott,  1891.   $3.  808.8 


QUOTATIONS 


37 


Selections  from  the  prose  works  of  eminent  authors 
from  the  time  of  Pericles  ;  longer  than  those  in  the 
preceding  volume,  often  a  page  or  two  in  length. 
Arranged  chronologically,  with  an  index  of  authors, 
an  index  of  subjects,  and  brief  biographical  sketch  of 
each  author. 

*  Edwards,  Tryon.  Dictionary  of  thoughts 
...  a  cyclopedia  of  laconic  quotations.  .  .  . 
644  p.O.    N.  Y.  Cassell,  [c  1891].    $2.50.   808.8 

The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  by  subject  of  quo- 
tation, with  an  index  of  authors.  Quotations  are 
brief.    Includes  both  ancient  and  modern  authors. 

*  Bent,  Samuel  Arthur.  Familiar  short  say- 
ings of  great  men ;  with  historical  and  explana- 
tory notes.  Ed.  7  enl.  665  p.  D.  Bost.  Hough- 
ton, 1892,  [c '82-87].     $2.  808.8 

The  volume  includes  only  famous  oral  utterances  of 
great  men  and  does  not  quote  from  their  writings, 
with  the  exception  of  letters,  journals,  and  addresses. 
The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  under  the  name  of 
the  person  quoted,  with  an  index  of  the  sayings. 

•Marvin,  Frederic  Rowland.  The  last 
words,  real  and  traditional,  of  distinguished 
men  and  women,  collected  from  various  sources. 
336  p.  O.     N.  Y.  Eevell,  1901.     $1.50.      808.8 

Arranged  alphabetically  under  names  of  persons 
with  index  under  striking  words. 

FOREIGN 

Belton,  John  Devoe.  Literary  manual  of 
foreign  quotations,  ancient  and  modern.  249  p. 
O.    N.  Y.  Putnam,  1891.     $1.50.  808.8 

As  the  name  implies,  it  includes  only  those  quota- 
tions which  have  a  distinct  literary  flavor.  Gives 
extracts  from  modern  authors,  in  which  the  quota- 
tions are  used  and  explanatory  notes.  Arrangement 
is  in  one  alphabet  by  first  word,  with  Italian,  German, 
French,  and  Latin  indexes  imder  catch-words. 

•Ramage,  Craufurt  Tait.  Familiar  quota- 
tions.    5v.  D.    Lond.  Routledge,  n.  d.     $7.50. 

808.8 

French  and  Italian,  German  and  Spanish,  Latin, 
Greek,  ancient  and  modern  authors.  Translations  are 
also  given. 

Harbottle,  Thomas  Benfield,  and  Dalbiac, 
P.  H.  Dictionary  of  quotations,  French  and 
Italian.  .  .  .  565  p.  D.  Lond.  Sonnenschein, 
1901.     $2.50.  808.8 

Index  of  authors,  and  index  of  subjects.  To  be  fol- 
lowed by  a  volume  of  German,  Spanish,  and  other 
sources. 

*  Jones,  Hugh  Percy.  New  dictionary  of 
foreign  phrases  and  classical  quotations,  with 
English  translations  or  equivalents.  532  p.  D. 
Lond.  Deacon,  1900  (Phil.  Lippincott).     $3. 

808.8 
Latin,  Greek,  French,  German,  Italian,   Spanish, 
Portuguese.    List  of  authors  quoted. 


CLASSICAL 

Harbottle,  Thomas  Benfield.  Dictionary 
of  quotations,  classical.  648  p.  O.  Lond.  Son- 
nenschein, 1897.     $2.  808.8 

The  best  dictionary  of  Latin  and  Greek  quotations. 
Translations  are  given,  and  there  is  an  English  index. 

"  Such  works  as  King's  '  Classical  and  foreign  quo- 
tations,' or  Riley's  old-fashioned  '  Dictionary  of  Latin 
quotations,'  cover  a  very  limited  field,  and  are  hardly 
to  be  placed  in  the  same  category  with  his  scholarly 
achievement."    Nation,  66 :  408. 

'  Riley,  Henry  Thomas.  Dictionary  of  Latin 
and  Greek  quotations,  proverbs,  maxims,  and 
mottos,  classical  and  mediaeval.  .  .  .  622  p.  D. 
Lond.  Bell,  1888.     (Bohn  library.)    $1.50. 

808.8 

Authorities  and  translations  of  quotations  are  given. 
There  is  an  index  of  the  Latin  and  an  index  of  the 
Greek  quotations. 

*  MISCELLANEOUS 

Wood,  Katharine  B.  Quotations  for  occa- 
sions. 220  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Century  co.  1896. 
$1.50.  808.8 

For  such  occasions  as  dinners,  teas,  bicycle  meets, 
etc. 

•PROVERBS 

Bohn,  Henry  George.  Hand-book  of  pro- 
verbs. .  .  .  583  p.  D.   Lond.  Bell,  1889.  $1.50. 

398.9 

Includes  Kay's  Collection  of  English  proverbs,  with 
his  additions  from  foreign  languages,  and  a  complete 
alphabetical  index. 

Polyglot  of  foreign  proverbs.    579  p.  D. 

Lond.  Bell,  1889.     $1.50.  398.9 

Comprises  French,  Italian,  German,  Dutch,  Spanish, 
Portuguese,  and  Danish  proverbs,  with  English  trans- 
lations and  a  general  index. 

Christy,  Robert.  Proverbs,  maxims,  and 
phrases  of  all  ages.  .  .  .  2 v.  D.  N.  Y.  Put- 
nam, 1889.     $3.50.  398.9 

Arranged  by  subjects,  giving  sources  of  proverbs, 
etc.,  when  known.    Subject  index. 

•ANECDOTES 

Arvine,  Kazlitt.  Cyclopaedia  of  anecdotes 
of  literature  and  the  fine  arts.  698  p.  il.  por. 
pi.  Q.     Bost.  Estes,  1883.     o.  p.  808.8 

Arranged  alphabetically  under  subjects,  with  an  in- 
dex of  topics. 

CONCORDANCES   TO  AUTHORS 

Concordances  are  useful  in  locating  the  exact 
place  in  an  author's  works  of  a  special  word  or 
quotation ;  also,  to  find  how  many  times  and 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


in  what  connection  an  author  uses  a  certain 
word. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  useful  con- 
cordances to  authors  which  have  been  made  :  — 

Burns 

Reid,  J.  B.  Complete  word  and  phrase  con- 
cordance to  the  poems  and  songs  of  Robert 
Burns.    561  p.  Q.   Glasgow,  Kerr,  1889.  £1  5s. 

821 
Cowper 

Neve,  John.  Concordance  to  the  poetical 
works  of  William  Cowper.  504  p.  O.  Lond. 
Low,  1887.    21s.  821 

Dante  Alighieri 

Fay,  Edward  Allen.  Concordance  of  the 
Divina  Commedia.  819  p.  O.  Camb.  [Mass.] 
Dante  society,  1888.     $10.  851 

A  concordance  to  the  Italian  text. 

Homer 

Dunbar,  Henry.  Complete  concordance  to 
the  Odyssey  and  Hymns  of  Homer,  to  which  is 
added  a  concordance  to  the  parallel  passages 
in  the  Iliad,  Odyssey,  and  Hymns.  419  p.  Q. 
Ox.  Clarendon  press,  1880.    £1  Is.  883.1 

Milton 

Bradshaw,  John.  Concordance  to  the  poet- 
ical works  of  John  Milton.  412  p.  O.  Lond. 
Sonnenschein,  1894.     $4.  821 

Pope 

Abbott,  Edwin.  Concordance  to  the  works 

of  Alexander  Pope.  365  p.  O.   N.  Y.  Appleton, 

1875.    $3.  821 

Shakspere 

Bartlett,  John.  New  and  complete  con- 
cordance or  verbal  index  to  words,  phrases, 
and  passages  in  the  dramatic  works  of  Shake- 
speare with  a  supplementary  concordance  to 
the  Poems.  1910  p.  sq.  Q.  Lond.  Macmillan, 
1894.     $7.50.  822.33 

The  most  comprehensive  concordance  to  Shakspere. 

Clarke,  Mrs.  Mary  Victoria  (Novello) 
Cowden-.  Complete  concordance  to  Shake- 
speare. .  .  .  New  ed.  860  p.  O.  Lond.  Bick- 
ers, 1889.     $7.50.  822.33 

A  verhal  index  to  all  the  passages  in  Shakspere's 
dramatic  works. 

Furness,  Mrs.  Helen  Kate  (Rogers). 
Concordance  to  Shakespeare's  Poems.  Ed.  2. 
422  p.  O.     Phil.  Lippincott,  [c  1874].     $4. 

822.33 


Adams,  William  Henry  Davenport.  Con- 
cordance to  the  plays  of  Shakespeare.  495  p. 
por.  O.    Lond.  Routledge,  1886.     10s.  6d. 

Shelley  8"-33 

Ellis,  Frederick  S.  Lexical  concordance 
to  the  poetical  works  of  Percy  Bysshe  Shelley. 
.  .  .  918  p.  Q.    Lond.  Quaritch,  1892.     £1  5s. 

«,  821 

Tennyson 

Brightwell,  D.  Barron.  Concordance  to 
the  entire  works  of  Alfred  Tennyson.  477  p. 
O.    Lond.  Moxon,  1869.     21s.  821 

AUTHOR   DICTIONARIES 
Browning 

Berdoe,  Edward.  Browning  cyclopaedia. 
572  p.  D.    Lond.  Sonnenschein,  1892.     $3.50. 

821 
Gives  an  explanation  of  the  various  poems,  with  ex- 
planatory notes  and  references  on  all  difficult  pas- 


Cooke,  George  Willis.  Guide-book  to  the 
poetic  and  dramatic  works  of  Robert  Brown- 
ing. 451  p.  D.  Bost.  Houghton,  1896,  [c  '91]. 
$2.  821 

Alphabetical  guide  to  the  works  of  Browning,  giv- 
ing information  as  to  date,  place,  publication,  allu- 
sions, bibliographical  information,  editions,  charac- 
ters, etc.,  of  his  poems  and  plays. 

Molineux,  Marie  Ada.  Phrase  book  from 
the  poetic  and  dramatic  works  of  Robert 
Browning.  520  p.  O.  Bost.  Houghton,  1896. 
$3.  821 

Dante 

Toynbee,  Paget.  Dictionary  of  proper 
names  and  notable  matters  in  the  works  of 
Dante.  616  p.  Q.  Ox.  Clarendon  press,  1898. 
25s.  <*5i 

Dickens 

Pierce,  Gilbert  Ashville.  Dickens  diction- 
ary .  .  .  with  additions  by  W:  A.  "Wheeler. 
573  p.  por.  pi.  D.  Bost.  Houghton,  [«  1872]. 
$2.  823 

A  key  to  the  characters  and  principal  incidents  in 
the  novels  and  tales  of  Dickens.  The  stories  are  given 
in  order  of  their  publication,  and  under  each  the  char- 
acters alphabetically  arranged  are  described.  Ex- 
tracts from  the  text  are  given.  There  is  a  classed  list 
of  characters  and  a  general  index. 

Hawthorne 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.  Analytical  index 
to  the  works  of  Nathaniel  Hawthorne.  .  .  . 
294  p.  S.    Bost.  Houghton,  [c  1882].   $1.     813 


FICTION 


Jefferson 

Foley,  John  P.  The  Jeffersonian  cyclope- 
dia ;  a  comprehensive  collection  of  the  views 
of  Thomas  Jefferson.  .  .  .  1009  p.  il.  por.  O. 
N.  Y.  Funk,  1900.     $7.50.  818 

Arranged  by  subjects. 

Scott 

Rogers,  May.  Waverley  dictionary.  .  .  . 
Ed.  2.  357  p.  D.  Chic.  Griggs,  1885,  [c  '78]. 
$2.  823 

An  alphabetical  list  of  all  the  characters  in  the 
Waverley  novels,  with  a  descriptive  analysis  of  each 
character  and  illustrative  selections  from  the  text. 

Shakspere 

O'Connor,  Evangeline  M.  Index  to  the 
works  of  Shakspere.  419  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Apple- 
ton,  1887.    $3.  822.33 

Refers  by  topics  "to  notable  passages  and  signi- 
ficant expressions,  brief  histories  of  the  plays,  geo- 
graphical names  and  historical  incidents,  mention  of 
all  characters  and  sketches  of  important  ones,  expla- 
nations of  allusions  and  obscure  and  obsolete  words 
and  phrases." 

Schmidt,  Alexander.  Shakespeare-lexicon; 
a  complete  dictionary  of  all  the  English  words, 
phrases,  and  constructions  in  the  works  of  the 
poet.  Ed.  2.  2v.  O.  Ber.  Reimer,  1886 
(Lond.  Williams).     31s.  6d.  822.33 

Distinguishes  the  different  meanings  of  words  as 
used  by  Shakspere. 

Wordsworth 

Tutin,  J.  R.  Wordsworth  dictionary.  216  p. 
O.     Hull,  [Eng.]  Tutin,  1891.  821 

Indexes  to  collected  works  of  authors  must 
also  be  frequently  used. 

FICTION 

The  following  guides  to  fiction  are  helpful 
in  assisting  the  reader  who  wishes  to  pursue  a 
course  of  reading  in  historical  fiction,  or  who 
desires  a  novel  illustrating  some  special  sub- 
ject, e.  g.  strikes,  hunting,  etc. 

The  Chronological  index  to  historical  fic- 
tion published  by  the  Boston  public  library 
(ed.  2,  1875)  included  the  titles  of  prose  fiction, 
plays,  and  poems  arranged  chronologically 
under  countries.  This  edition  has  been  for 
some  time  out  of  print,  but  a  third  edition  ap- 
peared in  the  Bulletin  of  the  library  from  Jan- 
uary, 1892,  to  January,  1896.  Some  explana- 
tory notes  are  given. 

San    Francisco  —  Free    public    library. 


Classified  English  prose  fiction,  including  trans- 
lations and  juvenile  works,  with  notes.  306  p. 
Q.    San  Fran.  Crocker,  1891.    $1.50.     016.823 

Arranged  alphabetically  by  subjects,  including  his- 
torical fiction  under  countries  arranged  by  periods. 
Refers  in  the  notes  under  subjects  to  bibliographies 
and  other  works. 

Dixson,  Mrs.  Zella  Allen.  Comprehensive 
subject  index  to  universal  prose  fiction.  421  p. 
D.    N.  Y.  Dodd,  1897.    $2.  016.823 

Subjects  are  arranged  alphabetically.  Full  of  inac- 
curacies. 

Griswold,  William  Maccrillis.  Descrip- 
tive lists  of  novels.  617  p.  O.  Camb.  [Mass.] 
Griswold,  1891.  016.823 

Includes  in  separate  parts :  American,  Interna- 
tional, Romantic,  and  British  novels,  with  an  index 
to  authors  of  works  described.  The  compiler's  object 
was  "  to  direct  the  reader  to  good  novels  usually  con- 
sidered out  of  date  and  not  read  as  often  as  the 
newer."  Each  part  is  arranged  alphabetically  under 
the  titles,  with  a  criticism  of  each  novel  quoted  from 
some  well-known  literary  review. 

Midland  railway  institute,  Derby,  Eng.  — 
Library.  Descriptive  handbook  to  the  more 
noteworthy  works  of  prose  fiction  in  the  li- 
brary, comp.  by  E.  A.  Baker.  151  p.  O.  Derby, 
Midland  railway  inst.  1899.     50  cts.    pap. 

016.823 

Classified  under  countries,  novels  with  a  purpose*, 
and  works  of  pure  imagination.  An  annotated  list 
with  index  of  authors,  places,  and  subjects. 

Bowen,  Herbert  Courthope.  Descriptive 
catalogue  of  historical  novels  and  tales.  29  p. 
O.    Lond.  Stanford,  1882.    Is.  6d.         016.823 

A  convenient  and  concise  list  arranged  under  coun- 
tries by  periods. 

Library  catalogs  and  finding-lists  are  of  as- 
sistance.    Among  the  most  important  are  :  — 

The  catalogue  of  the  St.  Louis  mercantile 
library,  English  prose  fiction  (1892),  contains 
a  list  of  historical  novels  conveniently  ar- 
ranged for  ready  reference.  The  List  of 
novels  and  tales  of  the  Los  Angeles  public 
library  (1894)  gives  many  concise  descriptive 
notes  and  a  brief  subject  index.  The  Phila- 
delphia mercantile  library  in  its  Bulletins,  Oct. 
1885-89,  contains  lists  arranged  by  countries 
and  states  with  chronological  sub-arrangement. 
In  its  Class  list,  no.  1,  English  prose  fiction 
(1897),  the  St.  Louis  public  library  gives  a  list 
of  the  best  fiction  and  a  list  of  historical  novels. 

In  Sargent's  Reading  for  the  young  and  its 
Supplement  (1890-96.  2v.)will  be  found  a  list 
of  historical  novels  suitable  for  young  folks, 
with  brief  descriptive  notes. 


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For  choice  of  the  best  fiction  the  following 
are  useful :  — 

Buffalo  —  Public  library.  Author-title 
catalogue  of  English  prose  fiction,  including 
translations.  190  p.  O.  Buffalo,  Library,  1898. 
25  cts.  016.823 

Books  on  the  open  shelves,  presumably  the  best  fic- 
tion, are  indicated. 

The  annotations  of  the  section  Fiction  in  the 
List  of  books  for  girls  and  women  by  Leypoldt 
&  lies  are  worth  examining  for  clear,  con- 
cise statement  of  each  author's  merits  and  de- 
merits. 

Cornu,  Mme.  Sophie,  and  Beer,  William. 
List  of  French  fiction.  28  p.  Tt.  Bost.  Li- 
brary bureau,  1898.  (A.  L.  A.  annotated  lists.) 
10  cts.  016.843 

"  Comprises  186  titles  chosen  from  the  works  of  70 
representative  authors  of  France."  Selected  to  serve 
as  a  guide  to  reading  for  the  young. 

DRAMA 

An  index  to  the  large  collections  of  dramas 
usually  to  be  found  in  our  libraries  would  be  a 
valuable  addition  to  the  tools  of  a  reference 
librarian.  It  is  often  necessary  for  him  to  look 
up  the  author  of  a  play  whose  title  only  is 
known,  or  to  ascertain  in  what  volume  of  the 
numerous  sets  of  dramas  the  play  can  be  found. 
The  most  useful  indexes  at  present  available 
for  the  purpose  are  those  to  be  found  in  certain 
library  catalogs,  notably  those  of  the  Milwau- 
kee public  library  and  the  Library  of  the  Pea- 
body  institute. 

In  the  Catalogue  of  the  Milwaukee  public 
library  a  list  of  the  plays  to  be  found  in  col- 
lections in  that  Library  is  given  under  the  au- 
thors and  under  the  titles,  and  it  indexes  such 
sets  as  those  of  Lacy's  and  French's  Acting 
edition  of  plays  and  other  well-known  dramas. 

The  Peabody  institute  library  catalogue 
(vol.  2)  under  the  heading  Drama  gives  an  al- 
phabetical list  of  single  plays,  including  those 
in  foreign  languages  as  well  as  in  English. 
This  is  continued  in  the  Supplement.  The 
dramatic  works  of  separate  authors  and  many 
collections  are  indexed,  among  which  are 
Dodsley's  Old  plays,  Inchbald's  British  theatre, 
Cumberland's  British  theatre,  and  others. 

The  Catalogue  of  the  dramas  and  dramatic 
poems  contained  in  the  Cincinnati  public  li- 
brary (192  p.  Q.  1879)  is  an  extensive  list,  ar- 
ranged under  authors  with  title  lists  of  English, 
French,  German,  Greek,  and  Latin  dramas. 


American  dramatists'  club.  The  American 
dramatists'  club  list,  a  standard  of  reference  for 
the  protection  of  dramatic  property,  no.  5, 
1899.  46  p.  O.  N.  Y;  Amer.  dramatists'  club, 
1899.    60  cts.  016.812 

Issued  annually. 

A  catalog  of  plays  and  operas  by  American  and 
foreign  authors  produced  in  this  country,  giving 
names  of  authors  and  composers,  and  of  owners, 
managers,  or  agents.  Arranged  alphabetically  ;  1st, 
by  works  of  members  of  the  American  dramatists' 
club  ;  2d,  by  plays  and  operas  by  American  and  foreign 
authors  not  members  of  the  club  ;  3d,  by  false  titles. 

Bates,  Katharine  Lee,  and  Godfrey,  L.  B. 
English  drama,  a  working  basis.  151  p.  O. 
Wellesley  college,  1896.  $1.  016.822 

Contains  a  list  of  collections  of  old  plays  ;  a  gen- 
eral title  index  to  collections  ;  authors,  plays,  and 
references  for  English  drama  ;  books  of  general  refer- 
ence. 

CLASSICS 

BIBLIOGKAPHY 

Engelmann,  Wilhelm.      Bibliotheca  scrip- 

torum   classicorum  ;    8te    auflage,   umfassend 

die  litteratur  von  1700  bis  1878  neu  bearbeitet 

von  E.  Preuss.    2v.  O.    Lpz.  1880-82.    $9. 

016.88 
v.  1,  Greek  ;  v.  2,  Latin. 

Mayor,  Joseph  Bickersteth.  Guide  to  the 
choice  of  classical  books.  Ed.  2.  76  p.  D. 
Lond.  Bell,  1879.     $1.  016.88 

New  supplement,  1879-96.     128  p.  D. 

Lond.  Nutt,  1896.     $2.  016.88 

Under  each  author  is  given  a  list  of  the  most  useful 
editions,  also  short  lists  of  illustrative  works,  notes, 
lexicons,  and  translations.  The  best  editions  are 
starred.  There  is  also  a  list  of  helps  to  the  study  of 
ancient  authors.    Prices  of  books  are  given. 


BIOGRAPHY 

Dictionaries  of  biography  are  of  three  kinds : 
(1)  general,  (2)  national,  (3)  of  special  classes. 
Consult  first  the  national  biographical  diction- 
ary in  looking  up  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  a  per- 
son. The  articles  are  likely  to  be  fuller,  and 
more  names  are  usually  included  in  it.  There 
are  national  biographical  dictionaries  for  the 
more  important  countries  of  the  world,  of 
which  only  those  in  most  general  use  are  here 
mentioned. 

General  encyclopedias  contain  some  excel- 
lent biographies.  The  Encyclopaedia  Britan- 
nica  does  not  include  names  of  living  per- 
sons. The  biographical  articles  in  Johnson's  are 
good  and  include  contemporaries.    Larousse  is 


BIOGRAPHY 


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especially  useful  for  Europeans.  Webster's 
International  dictionary  contains  in  an  appen- 
dix 10,000  names,  giving  merely  full  name, 
dates,  and  characterization. 

In  addition  to  biographical  reference  books, 
those  cyclopedias  of  special  subjects  which  in- 
clude lives  of  persons  famous  in  certain  lines 
must  be  consulted.  These  have  been  described 
more  fully  under  other  headings;  e.  g.  for 
painters,  Champlin  and  Perkins's  Cyclopedia  of 
painters  and  painting ;  for  musicians,  Cham- 
plin and  Apthorp's  Cyclopedia  of  music  and 
musicians,  and  Grove's  Dictionary  of  music ; 
for  theologians,  Smith's  Dictionary  of  the 
Bible,  and  McClintock  and  Strong's  Ency- 
clopaedia of  biblical,  theological,  and  ecclesias- 
tical literature,  etc. 

The  article  on  biographical  dictionaries  by 
C.  H.  Hull,  in  Johnson's  universal  cyclopae- 
dia, 1  :  629,  has  some  interesting  information 
about  their  history,  with  a  list  of  the  best  dic- 
tionaries. 

GENERAL 

Thomas,  Joseph.  Universal  pronouncing 
dictionary  of  biography  and  mythology.  Ed.  3 
rev.  and  brought  up  to  1901.  2 v.  2550  p.  por. 
Q.    Phil.  Lippincott,  1901,  [c  1870-1901].     $15. 

920.01 

Paged  continuously. 

Known  as  Lippincott's  biographical  dictionary. 

The  best  general  biographical  reference  book.  It 
gives  the  pronunciation  of  names,  sketches  of  lives  of 
persons,  and  bibliographical  references.  A  li&frof  the 
leading  English  Christian  names,  with  their  equiva- 
lents in  the  various  European  languages,  is  given  in  an 
appendix.  In  the  introduction  the  general  principles 
of  pronunciation  of  each  of  the  more  important  Euro- 
pean and  Asiatic  languages  are  stated. 

The  third  edition  includes  some  slight  alterations  of 
the  original  plates,  which  bring  the  information  to 
the  end  of  the  nineteenth  century.  These  have  been 
made  only  when  possible  to  do  so  without  too  much 
change  to  the  articles.  New  names  have  in  the  same 
manner  been  inserted  only  where  practicable.  Full- 
page  portraits  have  been  introduced. 

Smith,  Benjamin  Eli.     Century  cyclopedia 

/  of  names.      1085  p.  sq.  F.    N.  Y.  Century  co. 

[c1894].     $10.  803 

Full  in  biography,  including  persons   still  living. 
Articles  are  concise. 
See  description  under  Allusions. 

Phillips,  Lawrence  Barnett.  Dictionary 
of  biographical  reference.  New  ed.  enl.  by 
Frank  Weitenkampf.  1038  p.  O.  Phil.  Gebbie, 
1889.     $5.  920.01 

This  work  does  not  give  biographical  details  of  the 
person  mentioned,  merely  full  names,  dates,  and  brief 


characterization,  referring  to  other  dictionaries,  where 
more  complete  information  may  be  found.  There 
are  about  100,000  names.  It  contains  also  a  biblio- 
graphy of  biographical  reference  books. 

Hoefer,  Ferdinand.  Nouvelle  biographie 
universelle.  46v.  O.  Paris,  Didot,  1852-66. 
o.  p.    §30.  920.01 

v.  10^6  published  under  title  Nouvelle  biographie 
generate. 

An  important  French  biographical  dictionary,  in- 
cluding persons  of  all  countries,  but  especially  full  in 
French  biography.    The  articles  are  of  some  length. 

Michaud,  Joseph  Franpois,  and  Michaud, 
L.  G.  Biographie  universelle,  ancienne  et 
moderne.  45v.  Q.  Paris,  Desplaces,  1842-65. 
0.  p.     $45.  920.01 

Similar  to  Hoefer.  "  Of  the  larger  number  of  the 
less  important  literary  men,  there  is,"  in  the  Bio- 
graphie generate,  "  very  little  more  than  their  names, 
the  dates  of  their  birth  and  death,  and  the  titles  of 
their  respective  works,  without  any  of  that  informa- 
tion respecting  the  contents  or  subjects  of  their 
writings  which  adds  so  much  value  to  the  articles  in 
the  Biographie  universelle.  .  .  .  Nor  are  these  lists  so 
full,  or  compiled  with  such  accuracy,  as  those  in  the 
Biographie  universelle.  In  one  point,  however,  and 
that  of  no  small  importance,  the  bibliographical  infor- 
mation of  the  Biographie  generale  is  superior  to  that 
of  its  rival.  ...  In  fact,  the  two  books  are  comple- 
ments of  each  other;  each  is  necessary  for  the  stu- 
dent."   Quarterly  review,  157 :  225. 

Chalmers,  Alexander.  General  biographical 
dictionary.     32v.  O.     Lond.  1812-17.     o.  p. 

920.01 

"  Remains  to  this  day  one  of  the  best  comprehensive 
biographical  dictionaries  in  English."  Johnson's  uni- 
versal cyclopaedia. 

Oettinger,  Eduard  Marie.  Moniteur  des 
dates  ;  biographisch-genealogische-historisches 
welt  register  enthaltend  die  personal  akten  der 
menschheit  von  mehr  als  100,000  geschicht- 
lichen  personlichkeiten  aller  zeiten  und  na- 
tionen.  .  .  .  6v.  in  3,  Q.  Lpz.  Denicke,  1869-73. 
$11.  920.01 

Brief  characterizations  of  celebrated  persons. 

Sanders,  Lloyd  Charles.  Celebrities  of  the 
century  ;  a  dictionary  of  men  and  women  of 
the  19th  century.  1077  p.  O.  Lond.  Cassell, 
1887.    $5.  920.01 

Brief  notices,  including  the  most  important  names 
of  the  century,  mainly  English. 

Among  concise  one-volume  biographical  dic- 
tionaries for  convenient  ready  reference  may  be 
mentioned :  — 

Chambers's  biographical  dictionary,  the 
great  of  all  times  and  nations ;  ed.  by  David 
Patrick  and  F.  H.  Groome.  1002  p.  D.  Phil. 
Lippincott,  1902.     $2.  920.01 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


An  English  work  based  upon  the  biographical 
articles  in  Chambers's  Cyclopedia.  Includes  about 
10,000  names.    It  has  an  index  of  pseudonyms. 

Morris,  Charles.  Handy  dictionary  of  bio- 
graphy.    607  p.  O.    Phil.  Coates,  1901.         $2. 

920.01 
Comprises  concise  articles  about  well-known  per- 
sons, including  those  of  recent  date. 

CONTEMPORARY 

Plarr,  Victor  Gustave.  Men  and  women 
of  the  time;  a  dictionary  of  contemporaries. 
Ed.  15.  1300  p.  O.  Lond.  Routledge,  1899. 
$5.  920.01 

Useful  for  finding  brief  biographies  of  men  and 
women  living  at  the  present  time  ;  the  appendix  gives 
a  necrology  of  those  persons  contained  in  previous 
editions,  referring  to  the  edition  in  which  the  bio- 
graphy was  published,  and  there  is  a  classified  index 
to  the  names.  It  is  most  full  in  English  names.  Pre- 
vious editions  published  as  Men  of  the  time.  Since 
1901  absorbed  in  Who  's  who. 

Vapereau,  Louis  Gustave.  Dictionnaire 
universel  des  contemporains.  Ed.  6.  1629  p.  Q. 
Paris,  Hachette,  1893.     $7.60.  920.01 

A  general  biographical  dictionary  of  contempo- 
raries, especially  full  in  French  names.  Includes  the 
names  of  important  persons  who  died  before  1890,  as 
foot-note  to  each  page  for  that  part  of  the  alphabet 
to  which  the  name  belongs,  referring  to  the  number 
of  the  previous  edition,  containing  a  fuller  account. 

Supplement  a  la  sixieme  edition.  103  p. 

O.    Paris,  Hachette,  1895.  920.01 

Bound  with  the  present  edition  for  $8. 

Pratt,  Alfred  T.  Camden.  People  of  the 
period.  2 v.  in  1,  Q.  Lond.  Beeman,  1897. 
25s.  920.01 

Biographical  sketches  of  living  celebrities  not  con- 
fined to  one  country. 

NATIONAL 
AMERICAN 

Wilson,  James  Grant,  and  Fiske,  John. 

Appleton's  cyclopaedia  of  American  biography. 
7v.  il.  por.  Q.  N.  Y.  Appleton,  1888-1900. 
$36.  920.07 

"  Includes  names  of  native  and  adopted  citizens  of 
the  U.  8.,  including  living  persons,  from  the  earliest 
settlement.  Also  eminent  citizens  of  Canada,  Mexico, 
and  all  other  countries  of  North  and  South  America. 
Also  names  of  men  of  foreign  birth  who  are  closely 
identified  with  American  history."   Preface. 

The  arrangement  of  names  of  families  is  not  alpha- 
betical, but  under  the  oldest  member.  This  is  an 
objectionable  feature.  There  is  a  bibliography  at  the 
end  of  each  article. 

Volume  7  is  a  supplement  containing  names  of  per- 
sons who  have  become  prominent  since  the  publication 
1        of  the  original  six  volumes.     It  has  also  a  list  of 


pseudonyms,  and  a  list  of  deaths  of  persons  recorded 
as  living  in  vols.  1-6. 

National  cyclopaedia  of  American  bio- 
graphy, v.  1-11,  il.  por.  Q.  N.  Y.  White, 
1892-1901.     $10  per  vol.  920.073 

A  volume  is  published  every  year. 

Contains  biographical  sketches  of  prominent  Amer- 
icans, and  is  devoted  mainly  to  the  lives  of  those  who 
are  of  the  present  time.  Names  of  individuals  are  to 
some  extent  grouped  with  reference  to  their  work, 
but  they  do  not  necessarily  follow  in  any  special  order. 
Each  volume  has  an  index  to  the  names  in  the  pre- 
ceding volumes.  Numerous  portraits  and  plates  are 
an  important  feature.  Of  special  use  for  less  known 
Americans. 

Brown,  John  Howard.     Lamb's  biographi- 
cal dictionary  of  the  United  States,    v.  1-4,       r 
por.  Q.     Bost.   Lamb,  1900-01,  [c  1897-1901]. 
$7  per  vol.  920.073 

To  be  completed  in  about  6  volumes. 

Volume  1  was  issued  in  1897,  with  title  Cyclopedia 
of  American  biographies.  The  later  edition  was  re- 
vised. 

Alphabetically  arranged.  Comparing  with  Apple- 
ton,  the  Nation  says  :  "  As  to  the  matter,  Lamb  makes 
a  nearer  approach  to  democratic  equality.  Presidents 
and  the  like  are  handled  less  extensively,  men  and 
women  of  minor  fame  more  liberally  ;  very  brief  no- 
tices are  few."    Nation,  73: 12. 

Herringshaw,  Thomas  William.  Encyclo- 
pedia of  American  biography  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  1046  p.  por.  Q.  Chic.  Amer.  pub- 
lishers' assoc.  1898.     $20.  920.073 

Frequently  of  use  in  finding  information  about  less 
prominent  Americans. 

CONTEMPORARY 

Leonard,  John  William.  Who's  who  in 
America ;  a  biographical  dictionary  of  notable 
living  men  and  women  of  the  United  States, 
1899-1902.  v.  1-2,  D.  Chic.  Marquis,  [c  1899- 
01].     $2.75  per  vol.  920.073 

Condensed  sketches  of  the  lives  of  prominent  Amer- 
icans. In  the  1901-02  volume  the  publisher  of  an 
author's  works  is  indicated.  Each  volume  contains  a 
necrology. 

CANADIAN 
Rose,   George  Maclean.      Cyclopaedia  of 
Canadian  biography.     2v.   O.    Toronto,   Rose 
pub.  co.  1886-88.     $20.  920.071 

CONTEMPORARY 

Morgan,  Henry  James.  Canadian  men  and 
women  of  the  time.  1118  p.  D.  Toronto, 
Briggs,  1898.    $3.  920.071 

ENGLISH 
Stephen,   Leslie.     Dictionary  of  national 
biography.     63v.  O.    Lond.  Smith,  1885-1900. " 
(N.  Y.  Macmillan.)    $5  per  vol.  920.042 


BIOGRAPHY 


43 


Continued  from  vol.  22  by  Sidney  Lee. 

The  most  important  reference  book  for  English 
biography,  including  noted  persons  of  Great  Bri- 
tain, but  no  living  persons.  Articles  are  signed  and 
give  bibliographical  references.  A  full  index  to  the 
Dictionary  including  the  Supplement  is  in  prepa- 
ration. 

Supplement.    3v.  1  por.  O.    N.  Y.  Mac- 

millan,  1901.    $5  per  vol.  920.042 

The  supplement  contains,  besides  some  names  omit- 
ted from  the  original,  biographical  articles  about  dis- 
tinguished persons  who  died  at  too  late  a  date  to  be 
included  in  the  original  work. 

"  The  principle  of  the  Dictionary  requires  that  the 
memoirs  should  be  mainly  confined  to  a  record  of 
fact,  should  preserve  a  strictly  judicial  tone,  and 
should  eschew  sentiment."    Preface. 

Boase,  Frederick.  Modern  English  biogra- 
phy, containing  many  thousand  concise  memoirs 
of  persons  who  have  died  since  1850.  2v.  Q. 
Truro,  Netherton,  1892-97.    30s.  per  vol. 

920.01 
Mentioned  in  Johnson's  universal  cyclopaedia  as  one 
of  the  best  of  contemporary. 

Ward,  Thomas  Humphry.  Men  of  the 
reign  ;  a  biographical  dictionary  of  persons  of 
British  and  colonial  birth  who  have  died  dur- 
ing the  reign  of  Victoria.  1020  p.  D.  Lond. 
Routledge,  1885.   15s.  920.042 

CONTEMPORARY 

Who  's  who,  1 90 1.  D.  Lond.  Macmillan, 
1901.*    $1.75.  920.01 

Ed.  by  Douglas  Sladen. 

An  annual  publication  (of  which  this  is  the  53d  year), 
giving  brief  biographies  of  the  most  prominent  per- 
sons of  England  and  America,  including  some  conti- 
nental notables.  Tables  of  British  government  offi- 
cials, army  and  navy  lists,  societies,  etc.,  are  prefixed. 
With  the  1901  volume  is  incorporated  Men  and  women 
of  the  time. 

FRENCH 

There  is  no  national  dictionary  of  French 
biography.  See  Michaud  (under  General  Bio- 
graphy); Hoefer  (under  General  Biography); 
Larousse  (under  General  Encyclopedias),  which 
are  full  in  French  names. 

GERMAN 

Allgemeine  deutsche  biographie  ;  heraus- 
gegeben  durch  die  Historische  commission  bei 
der  Konigliche  akademie  der  wissenschaften. 
45 v.  O.    Lpz.  1875-1900.    $110.  920.043 

The  authoritative  work  on  German  biography,  in- 
cluding full  accounts  of  all  prominent  German  men 
and  women.  Supplementary  volumes  are  to  be  issued 
bringing  the  work  down  to  the  year  1900. 

*  Continued  annually. 


AUSTRIAN 

Wurzbach,  Constant  von.  Biographisches 
lexikon  des  kaiserthums  Oesterreich.  60v.  O. 
Wien,  Zamarski,  1856-91.     $37.50.       920.0436 

Includes  biographies  of  important  persons  in  Aus- 
tria and  her  crown  lands. 

BELGIAN 

L'academie    royale    des    sciences,    des 

lettres,  et  des  beaux-aits  de  Belgique.    Bio- 

graphie  nationale.      v.    1-16,    O.     Bruxelles, 

Bruylant-Christophe,  1866-1901.  920.0493 

To  Pepyn. 

ANCIENT 

Smith,  Sir  William.  Dictionary  of  Greek 
and  Roman  biography  and  mythology.  .  .  .  3  v. 
O.  Lond.  Murray,  1880.  £4  4s.  (Bost.  Little. 
$18.)  920.038 

The  articles  were  written  by  scholars  who  were  au- 
thorities upon  their  subjects.  Names  of  persons  of 
any  importance  which  occur  in  Greek  and  Roman 
writers  before  1453  are  included  in  the  work.  Authors 
are  treated  with  special  fulness  ;  a  list  of  the  best 
editions  and  references  to  the  principal  works  about 
each  make  the  work  valuable  for  bibliographical  pur- 
poses. 

SPECIAL   CLASSES 
AUTHORS 

GENERAL 

Gubernatis,  Angelo  de.  Dictionnaire  in- 
terna tionale  des  ecrivains  du  jour.  3v.  Q. 
Florence,  Niccolai,  1888-91.     $5.  928 

Dizionario  biografico  degli  scrittori  con- 

temporanei.  1276  p.  por.  O.  Firenze,  Le  Mon- 
nier,  1879.     o.  p.  928 

The  French  edition  is  later  than  the  Italian  and  con- 
tains more  names  ;  while  the  Italian  edition  includes 
some  names  omitted  from  the  French  edition.  Both 
are  useful. 

Bornmuller,  Franz.    Biographisches  schrift- 

steller-lexicon  der  gegenwart.    800  p.  D.    Lpz. 

Bibliographisches  instituts,  1882.     $2.  928 

The  sketches   are  brief,  including  authors  of  all 

countries  and  not  strictly  limited  to  living  writers. 

Warner's  Library  of  the  world's  best  litera- 
ture contains  biographical  and  critical  sketches 
of  authors  of  all  countries  and  times. 

ENGLISH  AND  AMERICAN 
Allibone,  Samuel  Austin.    Critical  diction- 
ary of  English  literature  and  British  and  Amer- 
can  authors.    3v.  Q.  928.2 

Supplement.     2v.  Q.  928.2 

For  full  description  see  under  Literature  —  English. 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


AMERICAN 

Adams,  Oscar  Fay.  Dictionary  of  Amer- 
ican authors.  Ed.  4  enl.  522  p.  O.  Bost. 
Houghton,  1901,  [c '84-97].     $3.  928.1 

Brief  accounts  of  authors,  including  dates,  biogra- 
phical and  critical  facts,  and  list  of  works. 

Stedman  and  Hutchinson's  Library  of  Amer- 
ican literature,  vol.  11,  contains  short  bio- 
graphies of  American  authors. 

ENGLISH 

Adams,  Oscar   Fay.      Brief  handbook  of 

English  authors.     Ed.  6  enl.    175  p.  D.    Bost. 

Houghton,  1892,  [c '83].     75  cts.  928.2 

A  concise  handbook  giving  the   briefest  possible 

sketch  of  authors  with  list  of  their  writings. 

Sharp,  Robert  Farquharson.  Dictionary 
of  English  authors.  308  p.  D.  Lond.  Red  way, 
1897.     7s.  6d.  928.2 

Brief  biographical  and  bibliographical  information. 

GERMAN 
Deutscher  litteratur-kalender  auf  das  jahr 
1901.    v.  23,  S.    Lpz.  Goschen,  1900.*  6.50m. 

928.3 

Ed.  by  Joseph  Kiirschner. 

Very  condensed  information,  giving  names  and 
dates,  indicating  by  curious  signs  the  specialty  of  the 
author  ;  with  a  list  of  his  works,  pseudonyms,  etc. 

ARTISTS 

Bryan,  Michael.    Dictionary  of  painters  and 

engravers,  biographical  and  critical.     New  ed. 

enl.  byR.E.  Graves.    2v.  Q.   Lond.  Bell,  1886- 

89.    £3 3s.    (N.  Y.  Macmillan.    $22.50.)    927.5 

First  edition  published  in  1816.  This  edition  is  much 
enlarged. 

Short  biographical  sketches,  with  lists  of  the  best 
works  of  the  artists. 

James,  Ralph  N.  Painters  and  their  works  ; 
a  dictionary  of  great  artists  who  are  not  now 
alive.  .  .  .  3v.  pi.  facsim.  O.  Lond.  Gill,  1896. 
$15.  927 

Besides  the  biographical  sketches,  it  states  the 
prices  paid  at  auctions  for  the  works  of  the  artists. 

Clement,  Mrs.  Clara  Erskine  (afterwards 
Mrs.  Waters).  Painters,  sculptors,  architects, 
engravers,  and  their  works  ;  a  handbook.  Ed. 
13.  681  p.  il.  D.  Bost.  Houghton,  1893,  [c  73- 
81].     $3.  927 

Living  artists  are  not  included.  Sketches  are  very 
brief. 

Clement,  Mrs.  Clara  Erskine  (afterwards 
Mrs.  Waters),  and  Hutton,  Laurence.  Art- 
ists of  the  19th  century  and  their  works.  .  .  . 

*  Continued  annually. 


2v.  in  1,  D.  Bost.  Houghton,  1893,  [c  '79-84]. 
$3.  927 

More  than  2000  brief  biographical  accounts  of  artists 
followed  by  critical  quotations  from  authorities.  Aims 
"to  present  the  later  artists  of  prominence,  rather 
than  to  include  all  those  of  the  century." 

MUSICIANS 

Baker,  Theodore.    Biographical  dictionary 

of  musicians.     653  p.  il.  O.    N.  Y.  Schirmer, 

1900.     $3.50.  927.8 

Especially  full  in  English  and  American  musicians. 

Good  for  contemporaries. 

Brown,  James  Duff.  Biographical  diction- 
ary of  musicians.  .  .  .  637  p.  O.  Paisley,  [Eng.] 
Gardner,  1886.     15s.  927.8 

More  prominence  is  given  to  British  musical  bio- 
graphy. 

Fetis,  Francois  Joseph.  Biographie  uni- 
versale des  musiciens  et  bibliographic  gene- 
rale  de  la  musique.  Ed.  2  enl.  8v.  O.  Paris, 
Didot,  1865-66.    64fr.  927.8 

Supplement  et  complement  publie  sous 

la  direction  de  Arthur  Pougin.  2v.  O.  Paris, 
Didot  1878-80.     16fr.  927.8 

ARMY   AND    NAVY 

Powell,  William  H.,  and  Shippen,  Ed- 
ward. Officers  of  the  army  and  navy,  regu- 
lar, who  served  in  the  Civil  War.  487  p.  il. 
sq.  Q.     Phil.  Hamersly,  1892.    o.  p.        923.57 

Portraits  and  biographical  sketches. 

Cullum,  George  Washington.  Biographi- 
cal register  of  the  officers  and  graduates  of  the 
United  States  military  academy  at  West  Point 
from  1802  to  1890.  Ed.  3  rev.  and  enl.  3v.  O. 
Bost.  Houghton,  1891.     $18.  923-57 

Supplement,    1890-1900,   ed.   by  E.  E. 

Holden.  v.  4,  O.  Camb.  [Mass.],  Riverside 
press,  1901.     §2.50.  923-57 

The  military  history  of  each  graduate  is  given,  the 
whole  arranged  by  numbers  with  alphabetical  index. 

Powell,  William  H.  List  of  officers  of  the 
army  of  the  United  States  from  1779  to  1900, 
embracing  a  register  of  all  appointments  by 
the  President  of  the  U.  S.  in  the  volunteer  ser- 
vice during  the  Civil  War,  and  of  volunteer 
officers  in  the  service  of  the  U.  S.  June  1,  1900, 
comp.  from  the  official  records.  863  p.  O. 
N.  Y.  Hamersly,  1900.     $10.  923-57 

A  list  of  officers,  1779-1815,  is  arranged  by  years,  then 
follows  the  army  list,  1815  to  1900,  which  is  arranged 
alphabetically  by  names,  a  list  of  officers  of  volun- 
teers, general  officers  of  the  Revolution,  etc.,  also 


BIOGRAPHY.    GENEALOGY 


45 


dates  of  certain  wars,  campaigns,  etc.    Known  also  as 
the  United  States  army  list. 

The  Adjutant-general  issues  an  annual  Offi- 
cial register  (35  cts.).  Practically  the  same  in- 
formation will  also  be  found  in  the  Official 
register  or  Blue  book. 

Callahan,  Edward  W.  List  of  officers  of 
the  navy  of  the  United  States  and  of  the 
marine  corps,  from  1775  to  1900  .  .  .  comp. 
from  the  official  records.  749  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Ha- 
mersly,  1901.     $10.  923.57 

Comprises  a  complete  register  of  all  present  and 
former  commissioned,  warranted,  and  appointed  offi- 
cers of  the  navy  and  of  the  marine  corps  regular  and 
volunteer.  The  names  are  in  alphabetical  order, 
showing  the  dates  of  their  original  entry,  progressive 
ranks,  etc.  Known  also  as  the  United  States  navy 
list. 

Hamersly,  Lewis  Randolph.  Records  of 
living  officers  of  the  United  States  navy  and 
marine  corps.  Ed.  7  enl.  511  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Hamersly,  1902.    $10.  923-57 

Not  an  alphabetical  list,  but  there  is  an  index  of 
names. 

The  Navy  department  issues  an  Annual  regis- 
ter of  commissioned  and  warrant  officers  of 
Navy  and  Marine  corps  (25  cts.).  Practically 
the  same  information  will  be  found  in  the  Offi- 
cial register  or  Blue  book. 

WOMEN 

Willard,  Frances  Elizabeth,  and  Liver- 
more,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  (Rice).  A  woman  of 
the  century.  .  .  .  812  p.  por.  Q.  Buffalo,  Moul- 
ton,  1893.    $10.  920.7 

Biographical  sketches,  with  portraits  of  prominent 
American  women. 

Browne,  William  Hardcastle.  Famous 
women  of  history,  containing  nearly  3000  brief 
biographies  and  over  1000  female  pseudonyms. 
434 p.  D.  Phil.  Arnold,  [<  1895].  $2.  920.7 
Very  brief  notices  of  their  lives.  A  list  of  meanings 
of  proper  names  of  women  is  given  in  an  appendix. 

A  useful  collection  of  biographical  sketches 
of  women  is  Hale's  Woman's  record  (N.  Y. 
Harper,  1853),  with  portraits  and  an  alphabeti- 
cal index.     It  is  now  out  of  print. 

DIRECTORIES 

The  city  directory  is  in  constant  demand  and 
should  therefore  be  in  the  most  convenient  place 
in  the  library.  In  a  large  city  it  is  important  to 
include  the  business  directory  of  the  city  which 
groups  together  all  persons  engaged  in  the 
same  line  of  business.     The  Blue  book  is  also 


much  used.  Large  libraries  will  possess  in  ad- 
dition directories  of  the  large  cities  of  this 
country.  Volumes  of  past  years  are  frequently 
consulted. 

Various  directories  of  special  classes  of  per- 
sons published  annually  in  England  and  Amer- 
ica are  also  necessary  to  a  large  reference  col- 
lection.    Among  these  are  :  — 

American:  Medical  and  surgical  register  of 
the  U.  S.  and  Canada,  the  various  religious 
directories,  Textile  manufacturers'  directory 
and  year  book,  Banker's  register,  Sharp  &  Alle- 
man  Co.'s  lawyers'  and  bankers'  directory,  etc. 

English :  Whitaker's  naval  and  military  di- 
rectory and  Indian  army  list,  Colonial  office 
list,  Foreign  office  list,  Hart's  army  list,  Navy 
list,  Official  army  list,  Civil  service  directory, 
etc. 

GENEALOGY 

Genealogies  constitute  a  much-used  class  of 
books  in  our  public  libraries.  In  large  cities 
historical  society  libraries  will  contain  the  best 
collections  of  genealogical  books,  and  read- 
ers can  be  referred  to  them.  The  books  men- 
tioned here  are  among  the  best  guides  to  the 
innumerable  sources  of  information  for  family 
histories.  Some  historical  society  libraries  have 
found  it  necessary  to  compile  card  indexes  of 
local  family  history.  As  an  example,  the  Penn- 
sylvania historical  society  library  has  a  large 
card  index  to  family  histories  especially  full 
for  the  middle  states. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Boston  —  Public  library.  Finding-list  of 
genealogies  and  town  and  local  histories  con- 
taining family  records.  80  p.  O.  Bost.  1900. 
25  cts.  016.929 

A  selection  of  important  general  works  of  refer- 
ence with  a  list  of  serial  publications,  patriotic  heredi- 
tary societies,  town  and  family  histories. 

AMERICAN 
Munsell,  Joel,  pub.  American  genealogist; 
being  a  catalogue  of  family  histories,  a  biblio- 
graphy of  American  genealogy  or  a  list  of  the 
title-pages  of  books  and  pamphlets  on  family 
history  published  in  America  from  1771  to  date. 
Ed.  5.    406  p.  O.    Alb.  Munsell,  1900.    $5. 

929.1 

Former  editions  were  edited  by  W.  H.  Whitmore  in 
1862,  1868,  and  1875. 

"  Plan  of  the  work  is  to  give  the  title-page  of  each 
book  published  on  the  genealogy  of  an  American  fam- 
ily, and  -the  number  of  pages  together  with  other 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


information.  This  edition  is  arranged  alphabetically. 
.  .  .  The  foot-notes  of  former  editions  have  been  omit- 
ted, and  in  their  place  we  have  embodied  in  the  title- 
page  of  each  book  in  brackets  such  matter  as  seemed 
necessary  to  make  the  title  of  the  book  give  an  idea 
of  the  contents."    Preface. 

List  of  titles  of  genealogical  articles  in 

American  periodicals  and  kindred  works,  giv- 
ing the  name,  residence,  and  earliest  date  of 
the  first  settler  of  each  family  and  adding  defi- 
ciencies in  brackets.  165  p.  O.  Alb.  Munsell, 
1900.  $3.  929.1 

Designed  as  a  companion  volume  to  their  Amer- 
ican genealogist.  Arranged  alphabetically  by  fam- 
ily surnames. 

Index  to  American  genealogies  ....  Ed. 

5  enl.   352  p.  O.    Alb.  Munsell,  1900.    $5. 

929.1 

Ed.  1-3  were  edited  by  D :  S.  Durrie. 

"  Prepared  with  a  view  to  facilitate  the  study  of 
family  history  by  furnishing  an  index  to  the  genealo- 
gies contained  in  the  large  number  of  county  and 
town  histories,  collections  of  public  and  privately 
printed  genealogies,  centennial  anniversary  celebra- 
tions, biographies,  and  other  works  containing  the 
desired  information."  Preface.  An  alphabetical  list 
containing  nearly  50,000  references. 

Glenn,  Thomas  Allen.  List  of  some  Amer- 
ican genealogies  which  have  been  printed  in 
book  form,  arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  71  p. 
sq.  Q.     Phil.  Coates,  1897.     $2.  929.1 

Stiles,  Henry  R.  Hand  book  of  practical 
suggestions  for  the  use  of  students  in  genealogy. 
55  p.  O.    Alb.  Munsell,  1899.    $1.  929.1 

Gives  information  on  what  is  genealogy,  how  to  pre- 
pare for  genealogical  work,  sources  and  authorities  of 
general  information,  etc. 

Vermont,  E.  de  V.  America  heraldica;  a 
compilation  of  coats  of  arms,  crests,  and  mot- 
toes of  prominent  American  families  settled  in 
this  country  before  1800;  illus.  by  Henry 
Rykers.  192  p.  il.  pi.  F.  N.  Y.  Brentano, 
[c1886].   $25.  929.6 

Zieber,  Eugene.  Heraldry  in  America. 
427  p.  il.  pi.  Q.     Phil.  Bailey,  1895.   $6.    929.6 

Contains  besides  much  important  information  on 
heraldry  in  general,  seals  of  the  U.  S.,  of  the  depart- 
ments, and  of  the  various  states  arranged  alphabeti- 
cally; also  ecclesiastical  seals,  and  colonial  societies 
and  American  orders. 

ENGLISH 
Burke,  Sir  Bernard.     Genealogical  and  her- 
aldic dictionary  of  the  peerage  and  baronetage. 
Ed.  64.     2057  p.  il.  Q.     Lond.  Harrison,  1902.* 
$12.  929.72 

Contents  :  Royal  family  ;  Peerage  and  baronetage ; 
Archbishops  and  bishops  ;  Knightage,  companionage, 
*  Continued  annually. 


and  privy  council;  Precedence;  Orders  of  knight- 
hood ;  Foreign  titles  of  nobility  held  by  British  sub- 
jects;  Mottoes. 

Entry  is  under  the  title  of  the  person  at  present 
holding  the  title,  giving  his  ancestry  and  sketch  of  his 
life.  Refers  from  the  family  name.  Only  extant  peer- 
ages. 

11 A  mine  of  information  on  the  involved  subject  of 
social  pedigrees,  with  every  facility  for  ready  refer- 
ence. ' '    Nation,  66 : 1 74. 

Genealogical  history  of  the  dormant, 

abeyant,  forfeited,  and  extinct  peerages  of  the 
British  empire.  New  ed.  636  p.  il.  O.  Lond. 
Harrison,  1866.    42s.  929.721 

Landed  gentry  ;  a  genealogical  and  her- 
aldic history  of  the  landed  gentry  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland.  Ed.  9.  2 v.  O.  Lond. 
Harrison,  1898.     $25.  929.725 

Pedigrees  and  arms  of  the  untitled  country  gentle- 
men of  Great  Britain  are  described. 

General  armory  of  England,  Scotland, 

Ireland,  and  Wales,  comprising  a  registry  of 
armorial  bearings  from  the  earliest  times  to  the 
present.  1185  p.,  il.  O.  Lond.  Harrison,  1884. 
52s.  6d.  929.8 

Cokayne,  G.  E.  Complete  peerage  of  Eng- 
land, Scotland,  Ireland,  Great  Britain,  and  the 
United  Kingdom,  extant,  extinct,  or  dormant, 
alphabetically  arranged.  8 v.  O.  Lond.  Bell, 
1887-98.   $32.  929.72 

"The  most  comprehensive  of  all  works  of  this  kind 
in  the  English  language."  Gross's  Sources  and  liter- 
ature of  English  history. 

Doyle,  James  E.  Official  baronage  of  Eng- 
land, showing  the  succession,  dignities,  and 
officers  of  every  peer  from  1066  to  1885.  3v. 
il.  por.  O.     Lond.  Longmans,  1886.     105s. 

929.72 

Includes  dukes,  marquises,  earls,  and  viscounts. 

Kelly's  handbook  to  the  titled,  landed,  and 
official  classes  for  1902.  v.  28,  D.  Lond.  Kelly, 
1902.*    16s.  929.72 

A  useful  compact  volume  relating  to  the  living  peer- 
age. 

Other  similar  works  are  Whitaker's  Directory 
of  titled  persons  (annual),  and  Dod's  Peerage, 
baronetage,  and  knightage  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland. 

Marshall,  George  William.  The  genealo- 
gist's guide.  884  p.  O.  Guildford,  Billing,  1893. 
31s.  6d.  929x 

Privately  printed.  Its  object  is  "  to  place  the  intel- 
ligent student  in  a  position  to  find  out  the  sources 
from  which  he  may  obtain  a  clue  to  the  particular 
pedigree  he  is  searching  for."    Preface. 

Arranged  alphabetically  by  surnames. 
*  Continued  annually. 


GENEALOGY.    FLAGS 


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CRESTS 

Fairbairn,  J.  Book  of  crests  of  the  families 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.  New  ed.  rev. 
by  A.  C.  Fox-Davies.  2v.  pi.  F.  Edin.  Jack, 
1892.     84s.  929-8 

v.  1,  text ;  v.  2,  plates. 

Index  of  surnames,  mottoes,  key  to  plates,  diction- 
ary of  terms. 

FOREIGN 

Rietstap,  Jean  Baptiste.  Armorial  gene- 
ral ;  precede  d'un  dictionnaire  des  termes  du 
blason.  Ed.  2  enl.  2v.  pi.  O.  Gouda,  van 
Goor,  1884-87.     lOOfr.  929-8 

"A  very  useful  heraldic  book  of  reference  of  the 
same  character  as  Burke's  General  armory  ...  it  will 
afford  a  clue  to  the  country  where  any  name  of  ap- 
parent foreign  origin  may  be  found.  ...  It  professes 
to  deal  only  with  families  entitled  to  hereditary 
honours,  so  that  in  England,  for  instance,  no  families 
under  the  rank  of  a  baronet  are  included."  Philli- 
more. 

The  following  annuals  of  genealogy*  are 
published.  With  the  exception  of  the  well- 
known  Almanach  de  Gotha,  they  are  usually  to 
be  found  only  in  large  libraries  :  Almanach  de 
Gotha  ;  annuaire  genealogique,  diplomatique 
et  statistique  (Gotha,  Justus  Perthes)  since 
1763.  Gothaisches  genealogisches  taschen- 
buch  der  freiherrlichen  hiiuser  (Gotha,  Justus 
Perthes)  since  1848.  Gothaisches  genealogisches 
taschenbuch  der  graflichen  hauser  (Gotha,  Jus- 
tus Perthes)  since  1825.  Annuaire  de  la 
noblesse  de  France  (Paris,  Au  Bureau  de  la 
publication)  since  1843.  La  noblesse  beige 
(Bruxelles)  since  1889.  Annuario  della  nobiM 
italiana  (Bari)  since  1879.  Svensk  adelskalen- 
der  (Stockholm,  Norstedt)  since  1899.  Dan- 
marks  adels  aarbog  (Kjobenhavn,  Vilh.  Try- 
des)  since  1884.  Annuaire  de  la  noblesse  de 
Russie  (St.  Petersbourg)  since  1889. 

NAMES 

Bardsley,  Charles  Wareing.  Dictionary  of 
English  and  Welsh  surnames,  with  special 
American  instances.  838  p.  sq.  O.  Lond. 
Frowde,  1901.     $6.25.  929.4 

"  I  have  gone  little  further  than  an  attempt  to  trace 
back  our  names  to  their  original  forms,  to  clear  them 
from  the  incrustations  of  time,  and  to  place  each, 
however  misleading  in  appearance  to-day,  in  its  own 
particular  class."    Introduction. 

"  Will  always  remain  a  monument  of  industry  and 
good  judgment.  He  has  not  only  brought  together  a 
mass  of  material  and  placed  it  within  convenient  reach 
of  the  student,  but  his  discussion  of  it  is  in  the  main 
very  trustworthy.    There  must,  in  the  nature  of  the 

*  Titles  furnished  by  the  Harvard  college  library. 


case,  be  plenty  of  doubtful  matter  in  such  a  volume." 
Nation,  74:19. 

Mackey,  Mary  Stuart  and  M.  G.  Pro- 
nunciation of  10,000  proper  names,  giving 
famous  geographical  and  biographical  names, 
names  of  books,  works  of  art,  characters  in 
fiction,  foreign  titles,  etc.  294  p.  S.  N.  Y. 
Dodd,  1901.     $1.  929-4 

A  convenient  volume  for  ascertaining  pronunciation 
of  proper  names  which  it  is  so  often  difficult  to  find 
elsewhere  ;  for  example,  Houyhnhnms. 

FLAGS 

U.  S.  —  Bureau  of  equipment,  Dept.  of  the 
navy.  Flags  of  maritime  nations,  prepared 
by  the  Bureau  of  equipment.  7  p.  67  pi.  Q. 
Wash.  1899.     o.  p.  929.9 

Excellent  colored  designs  of  flags,  the  TJ.  S.  flags 
first,  then  other  states  arranged  alphabetically.  Also 
pilot  flags.  When  the  coat  of  arms  of  a  nation  ap- 
pears in  the  flag,  an  enlarged  reproduction  is  given. 

Among  other  important  books,  not  strictly 
reference,  but  which  should  be  in  the  reference 
department,  are :  — 

Preble,  George  Henry.  History  of  the  flag 
of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  of  the 
naval  and  yacht-club  signals,  seals,  and  arms 
and  principal  national  songs  of  the  United 
States,  with  a  chronicle  of  the  symbols,  stand- 
ards, banners,  and  flags  of  ancient  and  modern 
nations.  Ed.  3.  808  p.  il.  pi.  O.  Bost.  Osgood, 
1882,  [c  '80],     $5.  929-9 

Illustrations  of  state  seals,  arms,  flags,  and  colors, 
with  a  few  colored  plates  of  flags.  A  subject  index 
and  an  index  of  names.  The  most  comprehensive 
work  on  the  TJ.  S.  flag. 

Hulme,  Frederick  Edward.  Flags  of  the 
world,  their  history,  blazonry,  and  associations. 
.  .  .  152  p.  pi.  O.    Lond.  Warne,  n.  d.     6s. 

929.9 

26  colored  plates. 

Webster's  Dictionary,  the  Standard,  and  the 
encyclopedias  also  contain  colored  plates  of 
flags  which  are  convenient  for  reference. 

PORTRAITS 

Samuel,  Bunford.  Index  to  American  por- 
traits. (In  Pennsylvania  magazine  of  history 
and  biography,  25 :  47-70,  228-247,  384-399.) 

"  This  index  is  a  selection  only  from  one  of  a  general 
nature  in  manuscript  covering  portraits  of  all  nations. 
On  account  of  space,  even  the  American  ones  are 
selected,  and  comprise  the  period  from  1T32  to  1852." 
Magazines  and  books  are  indexed. 

The  American  Library  Association  has  in 
preparation  an  index  to  portraits. 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


BIO-BIBLIOGKAPHY 

Oettinger,  Edouard  Marie.  Bibliographie 
biographique  universelle ;  dictionnaire  des 
ouvrages  relatifs  a  l'histoire  de  la  vie  publique 
et  privee  des  personnages  celebres  des  tous 
les  temps  et  de  toutes  les  nations.  2v.  O. 
Bruxelles,  Stienon,  1854.     20fr.  016.92 

Under  the  names  of  celebrated  persons  is  given  a 
list  of  important  works  relating  to  their  lives. 

Chevalier,  Cyr  Ulysse  Joseph,  abbe.  Re- 
pertoire des  sources  historiques  du  moyen  age  ; 
bio-bibliograpliie.  2370  p.  Q.  Paris,  Librairie 
de  la  Societe  bibliographique,  1877-86.   016.92 

Supplement.     2374-2846  p.   Q.     Paris, 

Librairie  de  la  Societe  bibliographique,  1888. 

016.92 

Bibliographies  of  individuals  are  too  numer- 
ous to  be  given  here.  Among  examples  may 
be  mentioned  the  sections  of  the  British  museum 
catalogue  relating  to  individuals,  e.  g.  Shake- 
speare, Dante,  etc.  The  Dante  catalogue  of 
the  Cornell  university  library  is  an  elaborate 
bibliography  published  in  two  quarto  volumes. 

The  bibliographies  appended  to  the  volumes 
of  the  Great  writers  series  are  excellent  for  the 
authors  included. 


GEOGRAPHY 

DICTIONARIES 

Lippincott's  gazetteer  of  the  world ;  a  com- 
plete pronouncing  gazetteer  or  geographical 
dictionary  of  the  world  ;  originally  edited  by 
Joseph  Thomas.  New  ed.  rev.  2636  p.  Q. 
Phil.  Lippincott,  1901.     $8.  910.3 

The  most  comprehensive  American  work  of  its  kind, 
alphabetically  arranged,  giving  description  and  infor- 
mation of  places,  with  pronunciation  and  various 
spellings  of  names.    Revision  is  only  in  the  appendix. 

Chisholm,  George  G.  "The  Times'"  ga- 
zetteer of  the  world.  New  ed.  1774  p.  Q. 
Lond.  "The  Times  office,  1899.     17s.  6d.    910.3 

An  English  gazetteer,  more  full  in  English  than  in 
American  names. 

Chambers's  concise  gazetteer  of  the  world, 
topographical,  statistical,  historical.  768  p.  D. 
Lond.  Chambers,  1902  (Phil.  Lippincott).     $2. 

910.3 

A  concise  English  gazetteer. 

U.  S.  —  Board  on  geographic  names. 
Second  report,  1890-99.  Ed.  2.  150  p.  O. 
Wash.  Government  printing  office,  1901.  free. 

910 


This  list  includes  all  decisions  in  regard  to  geo- 
graphic nomenclature  and  orthography  as  rendered 
by  the  Board,  from  its  creation  down  to  April  14,  1900, 
inclusive. 

Blackie,  C.  Geographical  etymology ;  a 
dictionary  of  place-names.  Ed.  3  enl.  243  p.  D. 
Lond.  Murray,  1887.     75  cts.  910 

Gives  derivation  and  meaning  of  geographic  names. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Mill,  Hugh  Robert.  Hints  to  teachers  and 
students  on  the  choice  of  geographical  books 
for  reference  and  reading,  with  classified  lists. 
142  p.  D.    Lond.  Longmans,  1897.     §1.25. 

016.91 

A  selected  list,  classified,  with  introductions  on  the 
practical  use  of  the  books  mentioned.  More  full  on 
the  British  Empire. 

ATLASES 

The  best  atlases  are  German.  American 
maps  are  not  so  well  made  as  foreign  maps. 
For  maps  of  the  United  States,  however,  we 
must  consult  an  American  atlas,  while  for  those 
of  foreign  countries  the  foreign  atlases  are 
much  better.  Even  a  small  library  should  pos- 
sess a  German  or  English  atlas,  and  it. is  possible 
to  have  one,  because  a  good  foreign  atlas  can 
be  bought  at  a  low  price. 

AMERICAN 

Smith,  Benjamin  Eli.  Century  atlas  of  the 
world.  402  p.  1 18  maps,  F.  N.  Y.  Century  co. 
[c  1897-98].     $12.50.  912 

A  companion  volume  to  the  Century  dictionary  and 
the  Century  cyclopedia  of  names.  One  of  the  latest 
atlases,  including  recent  changes  in  the  Philippine 
and  Hawaiian  islands.  Besides  the  usual  information, 
the  maps  give  steamship  routes  and  cable  lines,  dis- 
coverers' and  explorers'  routes  are  traced,  battlefields 
are  marked  with  dates,  and  some  historical  maps  are 
given.  A  very  full  alphabetical  index  makes  the  atlas 
easier  to  consult  than  the  Rand  &  McNally  atlas. 

Rand,  McNally  &  co.  Indexed  atlas  of  the 
world,  containing  large  scale  maps  of  every 
country  and  civil  division  upon  the  face  of  the 
globe  .  .  .  with  historical,  descriptive,  and 
statistical  matter  relative  to  each.  2v.  F6. 
Chic.  Rand,  McNally  &  co.  [c  1892-98],  $18.50. 

912 

v.  1,  United  States  ;  v.  2,  foreign  countries. 

Index  accompanies  each  map,  giving  population  of 
every  city,  town,  and  village.  Maps  of  large  cities  are 
frequently  given.  Colored  diagrams  show  area,  popu- 
lation, wealth,  debt,  productions,  statistics  of  manu- 
facture, commerce,  and  transportation.  The  maps 
are  on  a  much  larger  scale  than  those  of  the  Century 
atlas,  but  are  not  so  well  made. 


ATLASES 


49 


Rand-McNally  new  standard  atlas  of  the 

world,  containing  large  scale  maps  of  every 
country  and  civil  division  upon  the  face  of  the 
globe.  ...  373  p.  F6.  Chic.  Rand,  McNally 
&  co.  [c  1899].     $8.  912 

Cheaper  edition  of  preceding  in  one  volume,  omit- 
ting descriptive  text. 

Rand,  McNally  &  co.'s  enlarged  business 
atlas  and  shippers'  guide.  Ed.  30.  F.  Chic. 
Rand,  McNally  &  co.  1900.     $7. 50.  912 

Issued  annually. 

Contains  large  scale  maps  of  the  TJ.  S.,  Canada, 
Mexico,  Central  America,  West  Indies,  and  Cuba, 
showing  in  detail  the  railroad  systems,  with  an  index 
giving  the  express  company  doing  business  over  each 
road,  and  locating  all  islands,  lakes,  rivers,  etc. ;  lo- 
cates branch  railroads  upon  which  each  station  is 
situated,  the  nearest  mailing  point  of  all  local  places, 
etc. 

Among  other  American  atlases  may  be  men- 
tioned :  Cram's  Atlas  of  the  world  (N.  Y.  Cram, 
1901.  $10) ;  Bradley's  Atlas  of  the  world  (Phil. 
Bradley,  1891.  $27) ;  Scribner-Black  Atlas  of 
the  world  (N.  Y.  Scribner,  1890.    $22). 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Library  of  Congress.  List  of  maps  of 
America  in  the  Library  of  Congress,  preceded 
by  a  list  of  works  relating  to  cartography,  by 
P.  L.  Phillips.  1137  p.  Q.  Wash.  Govern- 
ment printing  office,  1901.  free.  016.91 

"  A  subject-chronological  monograph.  . . .  The  maps 
in  atlases  are  each  separately  catalogued."  Introduc- 
tion. 

ENGLISH 

Johnston,  Alexander  Keith.  Royal  atlas 
of  modern  geography.  F5.  Lond.  Johnston, 
1893.    £6  6s.  912 

There  is  also  a  smaller  edition  of  this  called  the 
Handy  royal  atlas  (52s.  6d.). 

"The  Times"  atlas.  New  ed.  120  p. 
maps,  F5.    Lond.  The  Times,  1900.   25s.     912 

A  translation  of  Andree's  German  atlas.  An  alpha- 
betical index  to  150,000  names. 

Another  well-known  English  atlas  is 
Bartholomew's  Library  reference  atlas  (Lond. 
Macmillan,  1890.  52s.  6d.).  His  International 
student's  atlas  of  modern  geography  (1902. 
$2.25)  is  an  admirable  small  atlas  of  105  physi- 
cal, political,  and  statistical  maps. 

A  good  annotated  list  of  representative  atlases 
and  maps  from  the  English  standpoint  is  to  be 
found  in  Mill's  Geographical  books  for  refer- 
ence and  reading,  1897,  p.  44-46. 


GERMAN 

German  atlases  are  the  finest  specimens  of 
artistic  and  accurate  map-making.  Among  the 
most  useful  for  public  libraries  are  :  — 

Stieler,  Adolf.  Hand-atlas  uber  alle  theile 
der  erde  und  liber  das  welt  gebaude.  198  p. 
maps,  F5.    Gotha,  Perthes,  1902.     $10.         912 

Alphabetical  index  at  the  end  of  the  volume. 

"  Probably  the  only  atlas  which  continues  from  time 
to  time  to  be  constructed  throughout  from  original 
materials  on  scientific  principles.  Has  for  long  held 
the  foremost  place  among  all  atlases.''  Sonnen- 
schein's  Best  books. 

Andree,  Karl  Theodor.  Andrees  allgemei- 
ner  handatlas  in  126  haupt-  und  137  neben 
karten.  Ed.  4  enl.  179  p.  186  maps,  F5.  Biele- 
feld, Velhagen,  1899.     $7.  912 

An  excellent  cheap  atlas. 

HISTORICAL 

Poole,  Reginald  Lane.  Historical  atlas  of 
modern  Europe,  from  the  decline  of  the  Roman 
empire,  comprising  also  maps  of  parts  of  Asia  \ 
and  of  the  New  World  connected  with  Euro- 
pean history.  Pts.  1-28,  maps,  F.  Ox.  Claren- 
don press,  1896-1900.    3s.  6d.  each  pt.         911 

To'be  completed  in  30  parts. 

Each  map  is  accompanied  by  explanatory  text.  Its- 
special  feature  is  a  series  of  17  maps  illustrating  the 
historical  geography  of  the  British  Isles. 

Labberton,  Robert  Henlopen.  Historical 
atlas,  3800  b.  c.  to  1900  a.  d.  Ed.  16.  72  maps, 
Q.     N.  Y.  Silver,  1901.     $1.25.  911 

A  useful  up-to-date  small  atlas. 
Freeman,  Edward  Augustus.      Historical 
geography  of  Europe.    Ed.  2.    2v.  O.    Lond. 
Longmans,  1882.    31s.  6d.  911 

v.  1,  text;  v.  2,  maps. 

Not  strictly  an  historical  atlas,  but  is  designed  sim- 
ply to  show  the  boundaries  of  states  and  their  changes. 
Deals  with  "  geography  as  influenced  by  history  and 
with  history  as  influenced  by  geography." 

"  The  work  as  a  whole  cannot  fail  to  be  of  great 
service  to  every  thoughtful  student."    C :  K.  Adams. 

Among  other  good  historical  atlases  may 
be  mentioned:  Hand-atlas  der  geschichte  by 
Spruner,  published  in  1880,  a  large,  expensive 
work,  but  one  of  the  best,  and  Smith's  Atlas  of 
ancient  geography,  biblical  and  classical  (Bost. 
Little.  $40) ,  designed  to  accompany  his  Diction- 
aries of  classical  antiquities. 

Smith,  Sir  William.  Dictionary  of  Greek 
and  Roman  geography.  .  .  .  2v.  il.  maps,  O. 
Lond.  Murray,  1873-78.  56s.  (Bost.  Little.  $12.) 

91338 

Designed  mainly  to  illustrate  Greek  and  Roman 


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SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


writers.    It  is  historical  as  well  as  geographical,  to 
476  A.  D. 

Illustrated  by  plans  of  cities,  districts,  and  battles, 
representations  of  public  buildings,  etc. 

GUIDE-BOOKS 

The  small  volumes  so  well  known  to  all  trav- 
ellers as  "  Guide-Books"  are  of  much  assistance 
in  a  reference  library.  They  are  usually  well 
indexed,  and  may  be  easily  consulted  for  spe- 
cial information  on  subjects  not  dealt  with 
fully  in  the  gazetteers  and  other  books  of  refer- 
ence. Baedeker's  or  Murray's  series  of  guide- 
books are  in  frequent  use  for  such  purpose. 
The  latest  edition  should  be  consulted.  There 
should  be  also  in  the  reference  library  a  guide- 
book of  the  city  in  which  the  library  is  located. 

HISTORY 

Larned,   Josephus    Nelson.      History  for 

ready  reference  from  the  best  historians  and 

y         specialists.    Rev.  and  enl.  ed.    6v.  il.  maps,  Q. 

Sprgf.   [Mass.],  Nichols,   1901,   [c  1895-1901]. 

$30.  903 

Extracts  from  the  writings  of  the  best  historians, 
biographers,  and  specialists  to  illustrate  the  history 
of  all  countries  and  times.  It  is  not  a  condensation, 
but  gives  the  exact  words  of  the  writers  quoted.  The 
arrangement  is  alphabetical  by  country,  event,  etc., 
and  under  place  is  chronological.  There  are  numer- 
ous cross  references.  Volume  6  is  devoted  to  recent 
history  from  1894  to  1901. 

In  the  1901  edition  "some  subjects  not  treated  be- 
fore have  been  introduced,  and  the  treatment  of  some 
others  has  been  amplified,  while  matter  which  ap- 
peared as  a  Supplement  in  the  earlier  editions  is  now 
given  its  alphabetical  and  chronological  place  in  the 
main  body  of  the  work." 

Little,  Charles  Eugene.     Historical  lights; 

V      6000  quotations  from  standard  histories  and 

biographies.     Ed.  3.    958  p.  O.    N.  Y.  Funk, 

1892,  [c  '86].    $5.  903 

Alphabetically  arranged  by  topics,  it  embraces  ex- 
tracts from  various  authorities  with  index  of  personal 
names  and  a  general  index  of  topics. 

Heilprin,  Louis.  Historical  reference  book. 
,  Ed.  6  rev.  to  1899.  592  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Apple- 
ton,  1899.     $2.  903 

A  chronological  table  of  universal  history,  a  chrono- 
logical dictionary  of  universal  history,  a  biographi- 
cal dictionary. 

"Comprehensive,  and  remarkable  for  its  general 
accuracy."  C:  K.  Adams's  Manual  of  historical  liter- 
ature, 1889. 

"  Quite  the  most  compact,  convenient,  accurate, 
and  authoritative  work  of  the  kind  in  the  language." 
Nation,  55: 106. 

Ploetz,  Carl.     Epitome  of  ancient,  mediae- 


V 


val,  and  modern  history ;  tr.  fr.  the  German, 
with  .  .  .  additions  by  W:  H.  Tillinghast. 
Ed.  8.  618  p.  D.  Bost.  Houghton,  [c  1883]. 
$3.  903 

Arranged  under  each  division  by  nationality. 

"  Perhaps  the  most  valuable  of  all  the  small  books 
of  reference."  C:  K.  Adams 's  Manual  of  historical 
literature,  1889. 

Brewer,  Ebenezer  Cobham.  Historic  note- 
book; with  an  apx.  on  battles.  997  p.  O. 
Phil.  Lippincott,  1891.     $3.50.  903 

Explains  briefly  allusions  to  historical  events,  trea- 
ties, customs,  etc.    A  popular  handbook. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Adams,  Charles  Kendall.  Manual  of  his- 
torical literature.  Ed.  3  enl.  720  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Harper,  1889,  [c '82-88].    $2.50.  016.9 

Excellent  critical  notes.  The  work  is  classified  by 
countries,  and  under  each  arranged  chronologically. 
A  course  of  reading  in  the  history  of  each  country  is 
also  given.    Alphabetical  index  of  authors. 

\ 
DATES 

Haydn,  Joseph.  Dictionary  of  dates  and 
universal  information  relating  to  all  ages  and 
nations.  ...  Ed.  22  enl.  1290  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Putnam,  1898.     $6.  903 

First  edition  appeared  in  1841. 

An  alphabetical  arrangement  under  the  name  of 
event,  place,  etc.,  giving  a  brief  account  down  to 
autumn  of  1898.  Especial  attention  is  given  to  the 
British  empire.  An  alphabetical  index  gives  simply 
dates  of  persons  and  events. 

Little,  Charles  Eugene.  Cyclopedia  of 
classified  dates.  1454  p.  Q.  N.  Y.  Funk,  1900. 
$10.  903 

An  American  work. 

A  chronological  digest  of  the  history  of  countries, 
which  is  arranged  alphabetically  by  country.  It  has 
a  full  index  under  person,  place,  event,  etc.,  which 
refers  to  the  digest. 

Contains  as  an  appendix  The  perfect  calendar  for 
every  day  of  the  Christian  era,  by  Henry  Fitch  (32  p.), 
by  which  one  can  find  on  which  day  of  the  week  any 
date  in  the  Christian  era  occurred. 

TABLES 

Nichol,  John.     Tables  of  ancient  literature 

and  history,  b.  c.  1500-a.  d.  200.    unp.  sq.  O. 

Glasgow,  Maclehose,  1877.     $1.50.  902 

Shows  in  chronological  tables  the  parallel  history 

and  literature  of  the  nations  of  ancient  times.  „ 

Tables  of  European  history,  literature, 

science,  and  art,  from  a.  d.  200  to  1888  ;  and  of 
American  history,  literature,  and  art.  Ed.  4 
enl.  unp.  Q.   K  Y.  Macmillan,  1888,     $2.25.      , 

902 


HISTORY 


51 


Arranged  in  columns  by  periods  chronologically. 
English  literature  and  history  are  placed  together  to 
be  illustrated  by  the  columns  on  either  side  which 
show  foreign  history,  etc.,  for  the  same  period. 

Morison,  M.  Time  table  of  modern  history, 
A.  d.  400-1870.  159  p.  tab.  maps,  obi.  F.  West- 
minster, Constable,  1901.    12s.  6d.  902 

Parallel  tables  of  the  history  of  various  countries, 
with  genealogical  tables  of  royal  families,  list  of  ruling 
monarchs,  a  general  chart  of  ancient  and  modern  his- 
tory, and  seven  historical  maps  ;  also  a  full  index. 
Not  so  comprehensive  as  Nichol's  Tables. 

Gooch,  G.  P.  Annals  of  politics  and  cul- 
ture, 1492-1899.  530  p.  O.  Camb.  [Eng.]  Uni- 
versity press,  1901.     $2.25.  902 

On  the  left-hand  page  is  given  political  events  in  the 
history  of  the  world,  while  the  right-hand  page  deals 
with  the  record  of  culture  for  the  same  period ;  the 
whole  arranged  chronologically.  Each  paragraph  is 
numbered,  and  there  is  a  general  index  referring  to 
these  numbers.  An  appendix  is  given  containing 
tables  of  rulers,  prime  ministers,  etc.,  of  the  various 
nations.  There  is  also  appended  a  list  of  works  of 
reference,  p.  47G-493. 

ANNUALS 

Annual  register  ;  a  review  of  public  events 
'  at  home  and  abroad  for  1901.  O.  Lond.  Long- 
mans, 1902.*    18s.  905 

Published  yearly  since  1748.  New  series  began  in 
1863. 

Contents :  English  history,  Foreign  and  colonial  his- 
tory, Chronicle  of  events,  Retrospect  of  literature, 
science,  and  art,  Obituary.  Index  in  each  volume.  A 
full  series  is  often  found  in  large  libraries. 

"The  most  famous,  and  one  of  the  most  useful, 
of  the  annual  publications  on  the  events  of  current 
history.  It  was  given  character  in  the  last  century 
by  the  editing  of  Burke."  C:  K.  Adams's  Manual  of 
historical  literature,  1889. 

(       ANTIQUITIES 

Peck,  Harry  Thurston.  Harper's  dictionary 
of  classical  literature  and  antiquities.  1701  p. 
il.  Q.    N.  Y.  Harper,  1897.     $6.  913.38 

Includes  Greek  and  Roman  antiquities,  biography, 
geography,  history,  literature,  mythology,  with  much 
additional  information;  bibliographical  references, 
illustrations,  and  maps.  Special  attention  to  recent 
archeological  discoveries  and  investigations. 

Smith,  Sir  William,  Wayte,  William, 
and  Marindin,  G.  E.  Dictionary  of  Greek 
and  Roman  antiquities.  Ed.  3  enl.  2v.  il.  O. 
Lond.  Murray,  1890-91.  63s.  (Bost.  Little. 
$14.)  913.38 

Ed.  1  appeared  in  1842. 

"  Accepted  by  all  scholars  as  a  work  of  authority  on 
the  subjects  with  which  it  deals."  E.  C.  Marchant,  in 
Stephens's  Dictionary  of  national  biography. 

*  Continued  annually. 


Seyffert,  Oskar.  Dictionary  of  classical 
antiquities  .  .  .  from  the  German,  rev.  and  ed. 
by  Henry  Nettleship  and  J.  E.  Sandys.  Ed.  2. 
712  p.  il.  sq.  Q.  Lond.  Sonnenschein,  1891. 
21s.  913.38 

Includes  the  mythology,  religion,  literature,  art,  and 
the  constitutional  and  social  antiquities  of  Greece  and 
Rome. 

There  is  a  later  edition  (the  6th)  published  by  Mac- 
millan,  $ 2.25. 

Cornish,  Francis  Warre.  Concise  diction- 
ary of  Greek  and  Roman  antiquities.  829  p. 
il.  O.    Lond.  Murray,  1898.     $4.  913.38 

A  good  condensed  work  based  on  Sir  "William 
Smith's  larger  dictionary,  with  information  concern- 
ing the  results  of  modern  research. 

Greek,  Latin,  and  English  indexes. 

Brodrick,  M.,  and  Morton,  A.  A.  Concise 
dictionary  of  Egyptian  archaeology;  a  hand- 
book for  students  and  travellers.  206  p.  D. 
Lond.  Methuen,  1902.    $1.  913.32 

ENGLISH 

Low,  Sidney  James,  and  Pulling,  F.  S. 

Dictionary  of  English  history.  New  ed.  rev. 
1128  p.  O.    Lond.  Cassell,  1897.     $2.50.       942 

Biographical,  bibliographical,  chronological,  and 
constitutional  information  about  English  history. 
Index. 

11  An  invaluable  work  for  the  general  reader  as  well 
as  for  the  student."  C:  K.  Adams's  Manual  of  histori- 
cal literature,  1889. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Gross,  Charles.  Sources  and  literature  of 
English  history  from  the  earliest  times  to  about 
1485.    618  p.  O.    N.  Y.  Longmans,  1900.     $5. 

016.942 

"  Does  not  profess  to  be  exhaustive ;  it  comprises 
only  select  lists  of  books  ;  worthless  and  obsolete 
treatises  are  omitted,  except  in  the  case  of  a  few  re- 
cent works  which  are  mentioned  merely  in  order  that 
the  student  may  be  warned  to  shun  them."    Preface. 

An  excellent  bibliography,  with  notes  explaining  the 
contents  of  the  books  and  estimating  their  value. 

Gardiner,  Samuel  Rawson,  and  Mullinger, 
J.  B.  Introduction  to  the  study  of  English 
history.    424  p.  O.    Lond.  Paul,  1881.     9s. 

942 
Contains  a  descriptive  list  of  authorities  by  J.  B. 
Mullinger  (p.  201-404),  with  an  author  index. 

UNITED   STATES 

Harper's  encyclopaedia  of  United  States 
history  from  458  a.  d.  to  1902 ;  based  upon 
the  plan  of  B.  J.  Lossing.  lOv.  il.  por.  pi. 
maps,  facsim.  O.  K  Y.  Harper,  1902.  $31.  973 


SPECIAL  SUBJECTS 


The  most  extensive  cyclopedia  of  the  subject,  in- 
cluding many  biographical  articles  and  containing 
texts  of  the  constitutions,  famous  speeches,  essays, 
orations,  resolutions,  proclamations,  facsimiles  of  im- 
portant documents,  etc.  Articles  are  by  well-known 
historians  and  writers. 

Lossing,  Benson  John.  Harper's  popular 
cyclopaedia  of  United  States  history.  New  ed. 
enl.  2v.  il.  por.  Q.  N.  Y.  Harper,  1890,  [c  '81]. 
Subscription.  973 

An  early  edition  of  the  preceding.  Brief  sketches 
in  alphabetical  order  of  important  events  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  U.  S.  and  of  biographies  of  the  most  promi- 
nent persons  connected  with  its  history.  A  full  index 
in  vol.  2  should  be  consulted. 

Jameson,  John   Franklin.     Dictionary  of 

United  States  history,  1492-1897.    733  p.  por. 

v        pi.  Q.     Bost.   Puritan  pub.   co.    [c  1894-97]. 

$2.75.  973 

Concise  articles  including  biographical  sketches. 

A  later  edition  entitled  Encyclopedic  dictionary  of 
American  history,  by  J.  F.  Jameson  and  J.  W.  Buel 
(Wash.  1900.  2v.),  is  fuller  and  is  useful  for  finding 
brief  information  about  persons  and  events  connected 
with  the  United  States.  If  a  library  cannot  afford 
Harper's  encyclopaedia,  this  will  be  found  useful. 

Townsend,  Malcolm.  U.  S.,  an  index  to 
the  United  States  of  America,  historical,  geo- 
graphical, and  political ;  a  handbook  of  refer- 
ence combining  the  "curious"  inU.  S.  history. 
482  p.  il.  pi.  maps,  D.  Bost.  Lothrop,  1890. 
$2.     o.  p.  973 

A  compilation  of  curious  information  regarding  the 
U.  S.,  including  nicknames  of  states,  state  mottoes, 
state  seals,  presidential  cabinets,  political  parties, 
wars,  constitutions,  etc. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Larned,  Josephus  Nelson.  The  literature 
V  of  American  history,  a  bibliographical  guide. 
596  p.  O.  Bost.  Houghton,  1902.  $6.  016.973 
An  A.  L.  A.  annotated  list,  in  which  the  scope,  char- 
acter, and  comparative  worth  of  books  in  selected 
lists  are  set  forth  in  brief  notes  by  critics  of  authority. 
An  appendix  contains  selected  titles  for  students 
and  readers  by  Edward  Channing,  also  lists  of  books 
for  1,  a  good  school  library ;  2,  a  collection  for  a  town 
library ;  3,  a  good  working  library. 

Channing,  Edward,  and  Hart,  A.  B. 
Guide  to  the  study  of  American  history.  471  p. 
D.    Bost.  Ginn,  1896.    $2.  016.973 


Describes  methods  and  materials  for  studying  Amer- 
ican history,  including  a  bibliography  of  the  subject, 
giving  estimates  of  the  value  of  authorities.  Parts 
II.-III.  give  topics  and  references  for  colonial  and 
United  States  history. 

Sparks,  Edwin  Erie.  Topical  reference 
lists  in  American  history  with  introductory 
lists  in  English  constitutional  history.  Ed.  2. 
96  p.  D.  Columbus  [O.],  Smythe,  1900,  [c  '93]. 
$1.  016.973 

A  useful  reference  book  with  good  index. 

Winsor,  Justin.  Reader's  handbook  of  the 
American  revolution,  1761-1783.  328  p.  S. 
Bost.  Houghton,  1893,  [c '79].    $1.25. 

016.9733 

The  bibliographical  notes  to  Winsor's  Narra- 
tive and  critical  history  of  America  are  also 
important. 

Griffin,  Appleton  Prentiss  Clark.  Index 
of  articles  upon  American  local  history  in  his- 
torical collections  in  the  Boston  public  library. 
225  p.  Q.  Bost.  Public  library,  1889.  (Boston 
public  library.  Bibliographies  of  special  sub- 
jects, no.  3.)    o.  p.  016.973 

Originally  published  in.  the  Boston  public  library 
Bulletins. 

Index  of  the  literature  of  American  local 

history  in  collections  published  in  1890-95  with 
some  others.  151  p.  O.  Bost.  Griffin,  1896. 
$5.  016.973 

CANADA 

Hopkins,  J.  Castell.  Canada ;  an  encyclo- 
paedia of  the  country.  6v.  il.  por.  pi.  maps, 
Q.  Toronto,  Linscott  pub.  co.  1898-98.  972 
Articles  by  specialists  covering  the  whole  range  of 
subjects  relating  to  Canada.  The  arrangement  is  not 
alphabetical.  It  is  therefore  necessary  to  consult  the 
index  volume. 

Index,  topical  and  personal.    188  p.  nar. 

Q.  Toronto,  Linscott  pub.  co.  1900.  Subscrip- 
tion. 972 

There  are  several  sub-arrangements  to  the  index. 
The  articles  are  first  indexed  under  the  main  divisions 
of  Canadian  history  and  development.  Then  indexes 
of  the  contributors,  portraits,  pictures,  and  maps, 
after  which  come  the  chief  indexes,  topical  and  per- 
sonal. 


PERIODICALS,  ESSAYS,  DISSERTATIONS 

INDEXES   AND   LISTS 
PERIODICALS 

Periodicals  in  a  library  serve  two  purposes :  first,  as  current  literature  of  the  day,  they  are  a 
record  of  the  thought  of  the  present,  and  second,  in  the  form  of  bound  volumes,  they  are  a  perma- 
nent record  of  the  thought  of  the  past.  It  is  in  the  latter  form  more  particularly  that  they 
become  a  part  of  the  reference  collection  and  are  usually  kept  in  the  so-called  M  reference  depart- 
ment "  of  a  general  library. 

A  good  collection  of  bound  volumes  of  the  well-known  periodicals  is  almost  indispensable  to  a 
public  library.  A  large  reference  library  will  have  so  far  as  possible  complete  sets  of  all  peri- 
odicals indexed  in  "Poole."  These  important  reference  books  contain  a  vast  amount  of  valuable 
material  on  all  subjects,  much  of  which  cannot  be  found  elsewhere.  All  of  this  would  be  inac- 
cessible without  that  most  useful  key,  the  Index  to  periodical  literature,  originally  compiled 
by  W:  F:  Poole  in  one  volume,  afterwards  revised  and  enlarged,  and  brought  down  to  date  by 
supplementary  volumes.  The  periodicals  indexed  in  this  great  work  do  not  include  technical 
and  scientific  journals. 

In  order  that  the  collection  of  periodicals  may  be  made  readily  useful,  a  list,  specifying  the 
exact  volumes  contained  in  the  Library  which  are  indexed  in  Poole  and  other  indexes,  must  be 
kept  in  a  conspicuous  place  near  these  indexes. 

REFERENCES.  —  Faxon,  Frederick  Winthrop.  Periodicals  in  reference  work.  Pub.  lib.  3  :  207-209,  252-254. 
Spofford,  Ainsworth  Rand.  Periodical  literature.  (In  his  Book  for  all  readers.  1900.  p.  157-170.)  Bolton, 
Henry  Carrington.  Helps  for  cataloguers  of  serials  ;  a  short  list  of  bibliographies  arranged  by  countries,  with 
special  reference  to  periodicals.  4  p.  O.  1897.  Reprinted  from  the  Bulletin  of  bibliography.  Boston,  v.  1, 
no.  3,  Oct.  1897.       Blakely,  Bertha.    Library  helps  —  indexes.    Lib.  jour.  26  :  871-872. 

GENERAL   INDEXES  R  :  R.    Annual  literary  index 1892-1901. 

ENGLISH  10v-  Q-    N-  Y-  Publishers'  weekly,  1893-1902.* 

Poole,  William  Frederick,  and  Fletcher,  $35°  per  VoL  °5° 

W:  I:   Index  to  periodical  literature.  .  .  .  1802-        l"  thesKe  annual  volumes  periodicals  are  indexed 

A      a       r\      -d  tt  1  om  under  subjects,  with  a  separate  author  index.    About 

81.     Rev.    ed.     2 V.   Q.     Bost.  Houghton,  1891,  137  English  and  American  periodicals  are  indexed 

[c  '86].     $16.  050  each  year.    In  addition,  each  volume  includes   the 

Supplements,  Jan.  1882-Dec.  1901.  annual  index  to  parts  of  books,  essays,  etc.,  thus  sup- 

4v.  Q.     Bost.  Houghton,  [.1887-1902]..     $36.  £^£^££J^  SLS^S 

°5°  which  can  serve  as  a  guide  to  newspaper  articles,  and 

An  index  to  such  general  periodicals  in  the  English  a  list  of  special  bibliographies. 

language  as  are  apt  to  be  found  in  libraries,  arranged  —   ,    ,         .......        T A  „„A-o i«  «*__ 

under  subjects.  Reference  is  made  to  volume  and  Fletcher,  William  Isaac,  and  Poole,  Mary 
page  of  the  periodical  where  the  article  will  be  found.  Poole's  index  to  periodical  literature.  Abridged 
A  list  of  serials  indexed  is  given  in  front  of  each  vol-  ed.  843  p.  Q.  Bost.  Houghton,  1901.  $12. 
ume.  It  is  important  that  the  volumes  of  periodicals  0eg 
in  a  library  should  be  numbered  to  correspond  to  the  ...  „  ' 
volume  numbers  in  the  Index,  as  in  a  periodical  issued  A  condensation  of  Poole's  Index,  including  all  refer- 
in  more  than  one  series  the  numbering  is  usually  con-  ences  to  37  Popular  periodicals  still  published,  to  the 
secutive  in  the  Index.  One  must  therefore  under-  end  of  1899.  Designed  especially  for  the  small  library, 
stand  the  Chronological  conspectus  which  is  in  the  but  of  *"•*  value  to  a11  libraries>  larSe  or  small.>  on 
front  of  each  volume.  account  of  its  one  alphabet  and  the  fact  that  it  gives 

Poole's  Index  is  continued  by  references  enough  for  all  ordinary  work. 

Fletcher,   William   Isaac,  and    Bowker,         Cumulative  index  to  a  selected  list  of  peri- 

*  Continued  five-yearly.  *  Continued  annually. 


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PERIODICALS 


odicals,  1896-1902.    v.  1-7,  Q.    Cleveland,  Cu- 
mulative index  co.  1897-1902.    $5  per  year.  050 

Started  by  the  Cleveland  public  library  (v.  1-3),  con- 
tinued by  the  Helman-Taylor  co.  (v.  4),  then  by  the 
Cumulative  index  co.  (v.  5-7). 

Published  monthly,  and  cumulates  quarterly.  The 
quarterly  indexes  should  be  bound  together  with  the 
index  for  the  year,  which  is  much  condensed.  Indexes 
50  periodicals.  Fuller  than  the  Annual  literary  index, 
which,  however,  indexes  more  periodicals. 

The  indexing  is  by  authors,  titles,  subjects.  Por- 
traits and  book  reviews  are  indexed. 

Reader's  guide  to  periodical  literature, 
[monthly],  Jan.  1901-02.  v.  1-2,  O.  Minne- 
apolis, Wilson,  1901-02.     $1  per  year.  050 

A  more  limited  index  than  the  Cumulative,  includ- 
ing from  15  to  20  popular  periodicals.  Index  cumu- 
lates monthly,  the  December  number  being  a  record 
for  the  whole  year.   Suitable  for  a  very  small  library. 

Review  of  reviews.  Index  to  periodicals 
.  .  .  1890-1901.  v.  1-12,  sq.  Q.  Lond.  Review 
of  reviews,  1891-1902.*    $1  per  vol.  050 

An  alphabetical  subject  index  to  more  than  107  peri- 
odicals, including  about  70  not  in  Poole  nor  the  Cumu- 
lative, of  which  a  large  number  are  English  magazines 
little  known  except  in  the  largest  American  libraries. 
The  American  monthly  review  of  reviews  contains  an 
index  to  the  periodical  literature  of  each  month. 

Jones,  Leonard  Augustus.  Index  to  legal 
periodical  literature.  2v.  O.  Bost.  Boston  book 
co.  1888-99.     $20.  340.5 

v.  1,  to  1887;  v.  2,  1887-99. 

A  very  complete  index  to  articles  on  law  and  legis- 
lation in  general  as  well  as  legal  periodicals.  The 
second  volume  includes  also  articles  on  political  sci- 
ence, economics,  and  sociology,  making  it  useful  in  a 
general  library. 

A  large  number  of  indexes  to  separate  peri- 
odicals have  been  compiled.  A  list  of  such 
indexes  is  contained  in  the  Handbook  for 
readers  of  the  Boston  public  library  (1890),  p. 
263-311.  A  longer  and  more  recent  list  is  to 
be  found  in  Stein's  Manuel  de  bibliographie 
generale  (1897),  p.  637-710  (tables  generates 
de  periodiques  de  toutes  langues). 

Many  of  these  special  indexes  will  be  found 
most  useful,  particularly  those  to  general  and 
technical  journals  not  contained  in  "Poole." 
The  following  may  be  mentioned  as  a  few 
examples  of  special  indexes  to  magazines  of 
value  in  the  average  library  :  — 

American  architect  and  building  news.  Index. 
1876-86.    Of  special  use  as  an  index  to  the  plates. 

Harper's  weekly.    Index.    1857-87. 

Library  journal.    Index,    v.  1-22.    $3. 

Littell's  living  age.    Index.    1844-96. 

Nation.  Analytical  index  to  the  political  contents. 
1865-82. 

*  Continued  annually. 


North  American  review.    Index.    1878. 

Popular  science  monthly.    Index.    1872-92. 

Revue  des  deux  mondes.  Table  generale.  4v.  1831- 
74,  1874-86,  1886-93,  1893-1900. 

Scientific  American  supplement.  Catalogue  of  some 
of  the  valuable  papers.    1886. 

Other  general  magazines,  such  as  the  Atlantic, 
Harper's  monthly,  etc.,  have  published  separate 
indexes.  These  are  important  on  account  of 
the  author  entries,  which  are  fuller  than  in 
"Poole."  They  contain,  besides,  more  cross- 
references,  and  they  index  portraits. 

FRENCH 

Jordell,  D.  Repertoire  bibliographique  des 
principales  revues  francaises,  1897-99.  v.  1- 
3,  Q.     Paris,  1898-1900.*    $2.50  per  vol.     054 

By  subjects  with  author  index ;  about  350  periodicals 
are  indexed. 

GERMAN 

Dietrich,  F.  Bibliographie  der  deutschen 
zeitschriften  litteratur,  1896-1901.  v.  1-8,  sq. 
Q.     Lpz.  1897-1902.*     $2.50  per  vol.  053 

Indexes  about  1300  periodicals  by  subjects  with  au- 
thor index  and  an  alphabetical  list  of  the  periodicals 
indexed,  giving  their  editors,  publishers,  frequency  of 
publication,  and  price.    Chiefly  scientific. 

GENERAL  LISTS 

Among  the  most  important  lists  of  serials, 
including  periodicals  and  society  publications, 
are:  — 

British  museum  —  Library.     Catalogue  of 

printed  books;  periodical  publications.    1210 

col.  F.     Lond.  Clowes,  1885-86.  016.05 

Arranged  by  places  with  the  index  by  titles.    A  new 

revised  edition,  1899-1900  (26s.),  has  been  published. 

UNION   LISTS 

Library  of  Congress.  Union  list  of  peri- 
odicals, transactions,  and  allied  publications 
currently  received  in  the  principal  libraries  of 
the  District  of  Columbia;  comp.  under  the 
direction  of  A.  P.  C.  Griffin.  315  p.  Q.  Wash. 
Government  printing  office,  1901.  free.     016.05 

Useful  as  giving  titles  of  a  large  collection  of  peri- 
odicals. 

The  libraries  of  Boston,  New  York  city,  and 
Chicago  have  also  prepared  union  lists  of  peri- 
odicals, and  others  arein  course  of  preparation. 

For  a  bibliography  of  union  lists  see  article 
by  Clement  W.  Andrews  in  Lib.  jour.  24 :  C  29- 
32.  The  bibliography  was  compiled  by  A.  G. 
S.  Josephson. 

*  Continued  annually. 


PERIODICALS 


65 


TECHNICAL   INDEXES 

Repertorium  der  technischen  journal  lit- 
teratur,  1879-99.  Q.  Ber.  Heymann,  1881- 
1900.*    24m.  per  vol.  050 

A  subject  index  of  technical  and  scientific  period- 
icals, compiled  by  order  of  the  Imperial  patent  office. 
There  is  also  an  author  index,  and  a  list  of  periodicals 
indexed. 

From  1823  to  1878  published  as  Repertorium  der 
technischen  litteratur. 

"  Beginning  with  the  1892  number,  the  index  gives 
the  German  equivalent  for  the  English  technical  terms, 
which  practically  serves  for  the  use  of  English  readers 
as  a  key  to  all  the  previous  volumes."  Lib.  jour.  19: 
C80. 

Royal  society  of  London.  Catalogue  of 
scientific  papers,  1800-83.  12 v.  sq.  Q.  Lond. 
1867-1902.     about  $50.  016.5 

v.  1-6,  1800-63  ;  v.  7-8,  1864^73  ;  v.  9-11, 1874-83 ;  v.  12, 
Supplementary. 

An  author  index  to  the  serial  literature  of  science, 
comprising  transactions  and  journals  published  be- 
tween 1800  and  1883,  with  the  reference,  date,  and 
number  of  pages. 

Association  of  engineering  societies. 
Descriptive  index  of  current  engineering  lit- 
erature, 1884-95.  2v.  O.  N.  Y.  Engineering 
magazine,  1892-96.   $4  per  vol.  016.62 

Suplee,  Henry  Harrison,  and  Cuntz,  T.  H. 
Engineering  index,  five  years,  1896-1900.  N.  Y. 
*       Engineering  magazine,  1901.     $7.50. 

A  continuation  of  the  preceding. 

Indicates  the  character  and  purpose  of  each  article 
described.  Indexes  more  than  200  periodical  technical 
publications. 

Continued  monthly  in  the  Engineering  magazine, 
which  for  each  month  has  an  index  giving  a  classified 
list  of  articles  published  in  the  current  numbers  of 
the  important  technical  journals  (about  190)  of  the 
U.  S.,  Great  Britain,  and  the  Continent. 

Galloupe's  Index  to  engineering  periodicals, 
1883^92,  in  2  vols.,  is  an  American  index 
arranged  alphabetically  by  subjects. 

The  Engineering  news  has  issued  an  index 
volume  for  the  years  1890-99.     ($2.50.) 

The  Franklin  institute  has  an  index  to  its 
Journal,  v.  1-120,  1826-85.    (§5.) 

The  Electrical  world  has  published  an  Index 
to  the  articles  in  its  numbers  from  1883  to  1896. 
($8.) 

The  Electrical  world  and  engineer  publishes 
in  each  number  a  digest  of  current  electrical 
literature  by  subjects. 

Renaut's  Collective  index  of  the  Journal  of 
the  Society  of  chemical  industries,  1882-95 
(v.  1-14).     Lond.  1899.     ($5.) 

The  Catalogue  of  the  United  States  Surgeon- 

*  Continued  annually. 


general's  office  indexes  medical  periodicals,  and 
is  supplemented  by  the  Index  medicus,  which 
continues  the  work  through  the  current  jour- 
nals to  May,  1898. 

The  large  libraries  of  the  country  will  have 
on  file  the  printed  card  index  (authors  and  sub- 
jects) to  current  numbers  of  184  technical 
periodicals.  These  cards  are  prepared  under 
the  direction  of  the  A.  L.  A.  Publishing  Board 
by  cooperating  libraries.  The  indexing  was 
begun  in  1898. 

Some  large  libraries  have  also  on  file  special 
card  indexes,  such  as  that  of  the  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  which  has  issued  a  card 
index  to  its  publications  since  1899.  The  list 
of  books  in  the  reading-room  of  the  John  Crerar 
library  mentions  nine  such  indexes  on  file  for 
the  use  of  its  readers. 

TECHNICAL  LISTS 
The  following  catalogs  of  technical  journals 
are  important :  — 

Bolton,  Henry  Carrington.  Catalogue  of 
scientific  and  technical  periodicals,  1665-1895. 
.  .  .  With  chronological  tables  and  a  library 
check-list.  Ed.  2.  1247  p.  O.  Wash.  Smithso- 
nian inst. ,  1897.  (Smithsonian  misc.  coll. )  free. 

016.505 

Ed.  1,  in  1885.  Contains  a  list  of  the  principal  peri- 
odicals of  every  branch  of  pure  and  applied  science, 
published  in  all  countries  from  1665  to  1895.  Gives 
full  titles,  names  of  editors,  sequence  of  series,  and 
the  names  of  the  libraries  of  the  U.  S.  in  which  com- 
plete sets  can  be  found.  Arranged  alphabetically 
under  title. 

Scudder,  Samuel  Hubbard.  Catalogue  of 
scientific  serials  of  all  countries,  including  the 
transactions  of  learned  societies,  1633-1876. 
358  p.  O.  Camb.  1879.  $4.  (Harvard  univ. 
library.    Special  publications,  no.  1.)         016.5 

Alphabetically  by  countries,  with  an  index  of  towns, 
an  index  of  titles,  and  an  index  of  minor  subjects. 

NEWSPAPERS 

Bound  volumes  of  newspapers  are  kept  in 
almost  all  general  libraries.  They  constitute 
a  most  important  record  of  the  history  of 
the  day.  In  some  libraries  the  files  are  limited 
to  the  newspapers  of  the  locality.  The  large 
libraries  of  the  United  States  will,  however, 
contain  files  of  leading  New  York  papers  and 
often  of  representative  papers  of  the  east,  west, 
north,  and  south,  as  well  as  of  a  London  paper 
such  as  the  Times. 

Of  the  newspapers,  few  have  indexes.  It  is 
well  to  remember  that  the  New  York  Daily 


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NEWSPAPERS.    ESSAYS 


Tribune  (yearly,  price  $1,  pap.),  the  New  York 
Times,and  the  London  Times  (quarterly,  10s.  6d.) 
have  indexes,  and  these  will  be  found  to  be  of 
the  greatest  value  to  libraries  having  files  of 
these  papers. 

These  indexes  may  be  used  for  other  news- 
papers, the  date  being  the  clue  to  where  a 
subject  may  be  found. 

AMERICAN 

Ayer  &  son,  N.  W.  American  newspaper 
annual,  1902.   Q.   Phil.  Ayer,  1902.*    $3.     071 

A  list  of  newspapers  and  periodicals  published  in 
theU.  S.  and  Canada,  with  information  regarding  their 
circulation,  issue,  date  of  establishment,  political  or 
other  distinctive  features,  names  of  editors  and  pub- 
lishers, etc.  The  first  arrangement  is  by  states,  giving 
population  of  towns,  principal  industries,  etc.,  in- 
cluding Cuba,  Hawaii,  and  Porto  Rico.  Then  follows 
arrangement  by  counties,  a  class  list  of  publications, 
and  a  list  of  publications  in  foreign  languages. 

Rowell,  Geo.  P.  &  co.  American  news- 
paper directory  (issued  quarterly).  32d  year, 
O.  N.  Y.  Rowell,  1900.*  $5  for  each  issue ;  $20 
per  year.  071 

Description  of  all  the  newspapers  and  periodicals  in 
the  U.  S.  and  Canada,  giving  details  regarding  circu- 
lation, editors,  politics,  etc.  Arranged  by  states,  with 
a  classed  list  of  publications.  Revised  and  issued 
quarterly.  The  arrangement  is  not  so  convenient  as 
that  of  Ayer's,  being  under  state  by  frequency  of  pub- 
lication, while  in  Ayer  the  arrangement  is  alphabetical 
by  title. 

U.  S.  —  Census  office.  History  and  present 
condition  of  the  newspapers  and  periodical 
>  press  of  the  U.  S.,  with  a  catalogue  of  the  pub- 
lications of  the  census  year,  by  S.  N.  D.  North. 
446  p.  F.  Wash.  Government  printing  office, 
1884.     free.  3I7.3 

The  list  of  periodicals  gives  frequency  of  publica- 
tion, character,  when  established,  and  price. 

New  Jersey  historical  society.  Some  ac- 
count of  American  newspapers,  particularly  of 
the  18th  century,  and  libraries  in  which  they 
may  be  found,  v.  1-3,  O.  Paterson,  Press  pr. 
and  pub.  co.  1894-97.  (In  its  New  Jersey 
archives.  1894-97.  Ser.  1,  v.  11, 12, 19.)  974.9 
Gives  a  brief  history  of  every  newspaper  printed  in 
North  America  prior  to  1801,  and  tells  in  what  libraries 
they  may  be  found.    From  A.  to  New  Hampshire. 

Wisconsin  state  historical  society  — 
Library.  Annotated  catalogue  of  newspaper 
files  in  the  library.  ...  375  p.  O.  Madison, 
Democrat  pr.  co.  1898.  016.07 

In  two  parts,  showing  the  newspapers  arranged 
(1)  geographically  and  (2)  chronologically.  Gives  a 
*  Continued  annually. 


bibliographical  and  historical  description  of  each  jour- 
nal. Index.  The  collection  of  papers  is  an  unusually 
large  and  important  one,  numbering  more  than  10,000 
volumes. 

Library  of  Congress.     Check  list  of  Ameri- 
can newspapers  in  the  Library  of  Congress, 
comp.  under  the  direction  of  A.  B.  Slauson.         V 
292  p.  Q.    Wash.  Government  printing  office, 
1901.    free.  016.07 

A  list  of  a  large  collection  of  newspapers,  arranged 
by  states  and  cities,  with  indexes  of  titles  and  of  cities. 

ENGLISH 

Sell's  dictionary  of  the  world's  press  and 
annual  of  useful  commercial  knowledge,  1899. 
2v.  por.  map,  O.     Lond.  1898.*    7s.  6d.      070 

Contents:  v.  1,  Newspaper  section ;  v.  2,  Commercial 
section. 

County  list  of  all  newspapers  published  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  list  of  magazines  and  periodicals  published 
in  the  United  Kingdom,  newspapers  published  in 
other  countries,  giving  name  in  vernacular,  name  in 
English,  when  published,  and  brief  description. 

Willing's  press  guide  and  advertisers'  di- 
rectory and  hand-book,  1901.  v.  28,  O.  Lond. 
Willing,  1901.*    Is.  072       / 

A  concise  and  comprehensive  index  to  the  press 
of  the  United  Kingdom,  containing  an  alphabetical 
list,  a  classified  list,  a  list  according  to  date  of  publi- 
cation, a  local  list,  and  a  list  of  the  chief  American 
and  continental  newspapers. 

FRENCH 

Annuaire  de  la  presse  francaise  et  du  monde 
politique,  1901.    O.     Paris,  1901.*  15fr.      074 

French  newspapers  and  periodicals,  including  some 
foreign.    Indexes. 

GENERAL   LITERATURE  AND 
ESSAYS 

Fletcher,  William  Isaac.    The  "A.  L.  A." 

index;  an  index  to  general  literature.  .  .  .  Ed. 
2  enl.  and  brought  down  to  Jan.  1,  1900. 
679  p.  Q.     Bost.  Houghton,  1901.     §10.       040 

Issued  by  the  Publishing  Board  of  the  American 
library  association. 

Refers  under  the  subject  to  essays,  papers,  mono- 
graphs, and  other  parts  of  books  which  are  of  sufti- 
cient  value,  including  some  reports  and  publications 
of  boards  dealing  with  sociological  affairs.  Books  in 
the  English  language  only  are  included.  A  list  of  the 
books  indexed  is  given  at  the  end  of  the  volume. 
This  list  can  be  checked  with  call  numbers  in  the 
library,  thus  saving  time  in  looking  up  references  by 
showing  what  the  library  has  and  where  it  may  be 
found. 

Continued  in  Fletcher  &  Bowker's  Annual  literary 
index,  which  see. 

*  Continued  annually. 


ESSAYS.     DISSERTATIONS 


57 


Griswold,  William  Maccrillis.  Index  to 
articles  relating  to  history,  biography,  litera- 
ture, society,  and  travel  contained  in  collections 
of  essays.  Ed.  2  rev.  56  p.  O.  Bangor,  Q. 
P.  index,  1884.    o.  p.  040 

Essays  are  indexed  under  subjects.  In  order  to 
make  the  index  concise,  the  compiler  refers  under 
subjects  to  numbers  ;  the  volumes  representing  the 
numbers  are  to  be  found  by  means  of  the  key  in  the 
front  of  the  book. 

Cotgreave,  Alfred.  A  contents-subject  in- 
dex to  general  and  periodical  literature.  743  p. 
por.     O.     Lond.  Stock,  1900.     10s.  6d.        028 

"The  chief  aim  of  the  work  is  not  to  give  every- 
thing which  appears  in  a  select  number  of  works  on 
a  few  selected  subjects,  but  rather  to  cover  as  many 
subjects  as  possible,  and  give  a  few  references  to 
each  one."    Preface. 

Contains  a  chapter  on  Subject  indexes  to  general 
literature. 

California  university  —  Library.  Con- 
tents-index, v.  1,  O.  Berkeley,  State  pr.  1889- 
90.  028 

An  index  of  the  contents  of  many  books  and  peri- 
odicals in  the  Library  of  the  University  of  California, 
including  sets  not  indexed  by  Poole,  some  in  foreign 
languages  (as  the  Revue  des  deux  mondes),  and  some 
technical  journals.  Jfany  ofthe  books  indexed  have 
since  been  included  in  the  A?T.  'A.  index,  but  there 
still  remains  a  sufficient  number  not  elsewhere  in- 
dexed to  make  this  volume  occasionally  useful. 

Other  valuable  references  to  subjects  in 
essays  and  parts  of  books  will  be  found  in  the 
analytical  work  of  the  catalogs  of  the  Peabody 
institute  library,  the  Brooklyn  library,  the 
Boston  Athenaeum,  and  the  Cleveland  public 
library.  \ 

The  British  essayists,  38  vols.,  a  set  which 
includes  a  collection  of  the  essays  of  the' im- 
portant English  writers  of  the  18th  century 
(such  as  those  of  the  Spectator,  the  Rambler, 
etc.),  has  an  index  volume  which  is  sometimes 
found  helpful. 

Wheatley's  What  is  an  index  ?  (Lond.  1878) 
gives,  besides  an  interesting  historical  account 
of  indexes,  a  preliminary  list  of  English  indexes 
published  in  separate  volumes,  p.  72-96. 

The  following  useful  aids  may,  perhaps,  be 
best  included  here :  — 

Brookings,  Walter  Du  Bois,  and  Ring- 
wait,  R.  C.  Briefs  for  debate  on  current 
political,  economic,  and  social  topics.  213  p. 
D.   N.  Y.  Longmans,  1897.   $1.25.  028 

Its  aim  is  "to  state  concisely  the  principal  argu- 
ments pro  and  con,  on  a  large  number  of  the  impor- 
tant topics  of  the  day,"  and  to  refer  to  books,  parts 
of  books,  and  periodical  articles  upon  each  subject. 
A  most  useful  handbook. 


Matson,  Henry.  References  for  literary 
workers.  582  p.  O.  Chic.  McClurg,  1892.  $2.50. 

028 

The  author  gives  topics  and  questions  for  debate, 

with  references  to  books,  articles  in  periodicals,  and 

essays  of  value  in  working  up  a  subject.   Alphabetical 

index  of  subjects. 

DISSERTATIONS 

In  university  and  college  libraries  the  fol- 
lowing indexes  to  dissertations  will  be  found 
most  helpful :  — 

FRANCE 

Mourier,  Ath€nais,  and  Deltour,  F.  No- 
tice sur  le  doctorat  es  lettres,  suivie  du  cata- 
logue et  de  l'analyse  des  theses  fran9aises  et 
latines  admises  par  les  facultes  des  lettres  de- 
puis  1810.   O.   Paris,  Delalain  freres,  1880. 

378.44 
Arranged  by  "  facultes  "  under  each  year.    Author 
and  subject  indexes. 

Catalogue  et  analyse  des  theses  fran- 

caises  et  latines  admises  par  les  facultes  des 
lettres.  O.  Paris,  Delalain  freres,  1882-1900.* 

378.44 
An  annual  continuation  of  the  preceding,  contain- 
ing the  theses  from  1880  to  date.  "  Full  table  of  con- 
tents of  each  thesis  is  given,  and  at  the  end  an  index 
of  authors  and  subjects.''  W:  C.  Lane  in  Lib.  jour. 
12:  418. 

Catalogue  des  theses  et  ecrits  acade- 
miques;  [publies  en  France],  1885-1900.  1885- 
1894,  O  ;  1895-1900,  Q.  Paris,  Hachette,  1885- 
1900.*  378.44 

Published  by  the  Ministere  de  l'instruction  publique 
annually  since  1884-85.  General  author  index  every 
five  years. 

Catalogue  des  dissertations  et  ecrits  aca- 
demiques  provenant  des  echanges  avec  les  uni- 
versites  etrangeres  et  recus  par  la  Bibliotheque 
nationale,  1883-99.  O.  Paris,  Klincksieck,  1884- 
1900.*  378 

Published  annually  by  the  Bibliotheque  nationale. 
Arranged  alphabetically  under  universities. 

GERMAN 

Jahres-verzeichniss  der  an  den  deutschen 
universitaten  erschienenen  schriften,  1885- 
1900.  v.  1-15,  O.  Berl.  Asher,  1887-1900.*  5 
to  9m.  per  vol.  378-43 

Arranged  alphabetically  by  universities,  with  author 
index  to  each  volume.  There  is  a  subject  index  (Sach- 
register)  to  v.  1-5,  and  from  volume  6  to  date  each 
volume  has  a  subject  index. 

*  Continued  annually. 


58 


DISSERTATIONS 


Klussmann,  Rudolf.  Systematisches  ver- 
zeichnis  der  abhandlungen  welcbe  in  den  scbul- 
schriften  samtlicber  an  dem  programmtausche 
teilnehmenden  lehranstalten  erschienen  sind, 
1876-85,1886-90,1891-95.  3v.  O.  Lpz.  Teub- 
ner,  1889-99.  37843 

Classified,  with  index  of  places  and  index  of  authors. 

Jahres-verzeichniss  der  an  den  deutschen 
scbulanstalten  erscbienenen  abbandlungen, 
1889-1900.    v.  1-12,0.  Berl.  Asber,  1890-1901.* 

37943 

Published  annually,  and  arranged  by  authors,  with 
subject  indexes.    500-600  titles  annually. 

Verzeichnis  der  berliner  universitats- 
schriften,  1810-85.    O.   Berl.  Weber,  1899. 

378.43 

Issued  by  the  University  library,  has  author  index, 
and  contains  about  10,000  titles. 

Fock,  Gustav.     Bibliographischer  monats- 
bericbt  iiber  neuerscbienenen  scbul-  tind  uni- 
*  Continued  annually. 


versitatsscbriften,  1889-1901.    v.  1-12,  O.  Lpz. 
Fock,  1890-1901.*  378.43 

Classified  arrangement,  with  annual  author  index, 
and  beginning  with  volume  4,  an  annual  "  Sachregis- 
ter  "  published  separately. 

SWITZERLAND 

Jahresverzeichnis  der  schweizerischen 
universitatsschriften,  1897-1901.  v.  1-4,  O. 
Basel,  Scbweigbauseriscbe  bucbdruckerei, 
1898-1901.*  378.494 

Arranged  by  universities.  Each  issue  has  an  author 
index.    Each  volume  has  350  to  400  titles. 

SWEDEN  AND  FINLAND 

Josephson,  Aksel  Gustav  Salomon. 
Avhandlingar  ock  program,  uitgivna  vid 
svenska  ock  finskaakademier  ock  skolor,  under 
aren,  1855-1890.  264  p.  O.  Uppsala,  [1891- 
1893].  378.485 

Arranged  alphabetically  by  authors.  About  2000 
titles. 

*  Continued  annually. 


SOCIETY  PUBLICATIONS 

Reports  and  transactions  of  learned  societies  are  essential  to  the  student  who  would  investigate 
his  subject  thoroughly,  and  they  often  furnish  needed  information  to  the  general  inquirer  as  well. 
Every  reference  library  will  have  a  number  of  these  important  sets.  The  student  and  reference 
librarian  must  therefore  know  their  scope  and  value. 


INDEXES    AND    CATALOGS 

The  following  catalogs  and  lists  will  be  of 
assistance  in  finding  information  about  learned 
societies,  and  what  has  been  published  by  these 
bodies:  — 

GENERAL 

Smithsonian  institution.  International  ex- 
change list  corrected  to  July,  1897.  331  p.  O. 
Wash.  Smithsonian  institution,  1897.     free. 

060 

A  list  merely  of  the  names  of  societies,  with  their 
addresses.  It  does  not  contain  any  descriptive  ac- 
counts or  lists  of  publications. 

British  museum  —  Library.     Catalogue  of 

S      printed  books  :  Academies.    1018  col.  F.    Lond. 

Clowes,  1885.     £1.  060 

Alphabetically  by  cities,  with  index  to  academies. 

Royal  society  of  London.  Catalogue  of 
scientific  papers,  1800-83.  12 v.  sq.  Q.  Lond. 
1867-1902.  016.5 

Described  under  Indexes  to  Periodical  Literature. 

Scudder,  Samuel  Hubbard.     Catalogue  of 

y      scientific  serials  of  all  countries,  including  the 

transactions  of    learned    societies,    1633-1876. 

358  p.  O.     Camb.  1879.  016.5 

Described  under  Indexes  to  Periodical  Literature. 

Minerva,  jahrbuch  der  gelehrten  welt,  1891- 
1902.  v.  1-11,  il.  S.  Strassb.  Triibner,  1891- 
1902.     10m.  per  vol.  378 

Described  under  Cyclopedias  of  Education. 

ENGLISH 

Year-book  of  the  scientific  and  learned 
societies  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  giving 
an  account  of  their  origin,  constitution,  and 
working  ...  to  June,  1901.  v.  1-18,  O.  Lond. 
Griffin,  1884-1901.*    7s.  6d.  per  vol.  506 

The  history  and  description  of  the  work  and  pub- 
*  Continued  annually. 


lications  of  many  of  the  societies  are  given  in  the 
first  volume.  The  following  years  include  lists  of 
papers  read  or  published,  with  the  names  of  their 
authors. 

Lowndes's  Bibliographer's  manual  (1857- 
64)  contains  as  an  appendix  (apx.  p.  1-196)  a 
complete  list  of  all  the  books  printed  by  the 
literary  aud  scientific  societies  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, "with  such  particulars  respecting  them 
as  are  likely  to  be  useful  to  the  scholar  and 
collector." 

Wheatley's  How  to  form  a  library  (1887), 
p.  184-216,  gives  a  brief  account  of  the  his- 
tory of  many  of  the  literary  societies  of  Eng- 
land. 

The  English  catalogue  of  books  to  1899  con- 
tains in  an  appendix  to  each  volume  a  list  of 
learned  societies,  printing  clubs,  and  other  lit- 
erary associations,  with  lists  of  their  publica- 
tions. 

The  Annual  English  catalogue  for  1901  in- 
cludes a  list  of  learned  societies  and  their 
publications  for  that  year. 

AMERICAN 

Bowker,  Richard  Rogers.  Publications  of 
societies  ;  a  provisional  list  of  the  publications 
of  American  scientific,  literary,  and  other  socie- 
ties from  their  organization.  181  p.  sq.  O. 
N.  Y.  Publishers'  weekly,  1899.    $3.       016.06 

Based  upon  the  material  contained  in  the  Appen- 
dixes to  the  American  catalogue  of  books,  1884-95. 

Growoll,  Adolf.  American  book  clubs  ; 
their  beginnings  and  history,  and  a  biblio- 
graphy of  their  publications.  423  p.  D.  N.  Y. 
Dodd,  1897.     $7.50.  010.6 

Griffin,  Appleton  Prentiss  Clark.  Biblio- 
graphy of  American  historical  societies,  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  (In  American  his- 
torical association.  Annual  report,  1895,  p. 
677-1236.)  906 

With  an  index  by  authors  and  subjects. 


60 


SOCIETY  PUBLICATIONS 


INDEXES 

A  partial  list  of  indexes  to  society  publica- 
tions will  be  found  in  the  Handbook  for  read- 
ers in  the  Boston  public  library,  1891  (p.  263- 
311),  where  they  are  included  with  the  list  of 
indexes  to  periodicals. 

The  following  are  a  few  indexes  of  society 
publications  which  are  of  general  use  :  — 

American  economic  association.  General 
contents  and  index  of  vols.  1-11,  1886-96,  of 
its  Publications.  52  p.  O.  N.  Y.  Macmillan, 
1897.  330.6 

Authors  and  subjects. 

American  society  of  mechanical  engi- 
neers. Contents  and  general  index  of  its  Trans- 
actions, v.  1, 1880-v.  20, 1899.  188  p.  O.  N.  Y. 
Pub.  by  the  Society,  1899.  621 

Author  and  subject  index. 

National  educational  association.  Index 
to  volumes  of  its  Proceedings,  1857-97,  pre- 
pared by  W:  M.  Griswold.  85  p.  O.  Chic. 
v       Univ.  of  Chicago  press,  1897.  370.6 


GERMAN 
Muller,  Johannes.  Die  wissenschaftlichen 
vereine  und  gesellschaften  Deutschlands  im 
neunzehnten  jahrhundert ;  bibliographic  ihrer 
veroffentlichungen  seit  ihrer  begriindung  bis 
auf  die  gegenwart.  878  p.  sq.  O.  Berl.  Asher, 
1883-87.    $16.50.  063 

Arranged  by  cities  with  alphabetical  index  of  socie- 
ties. 

FRENCH 

Lefevre-Pontalis,  Eugene.  Bibliographic 
des  societes  savantes  de  la  France.  142  p.  sq. 
Q.    Paris,  1887.     $1.  016.064 

France  —  Ministere  de  l'instruction  pub- 
lique.  Bibliographic  des  travaux  scientifiques, 
sciences  mathematiques,  physiques  et  natu- 
relles,  publies  par  les  societes  savantes  de  la 
France,  v.  1,  pt.  1-2,  Q.  Paris,  Imprimerie 
nationale,  1895-97.  016.064 

Bibliographie  generale  des  travaux  his- 

toriques  et  archeologiques,  publies  par  les  so- 
cietes savantes  de  la  France.  3v.  Q.  Paris,  Im- 
primerie nationale,  1888-1901.     $9.       016.064 


UNIVERSn 


GOVERNMENT  DOCUMENTS 

REFERENCES.  —  Bowker,  Richard  Rogers.  United  States  government  publications.  1885.  Lib.  jour. 
10:236-241.  An  account  of  the  various  indexes  and  catalogs  of  the  publications  of  the  government  with 
remarks  on  the  difficulties  of  cataloging  them  and  on  their  distribution.  Channing,  Edward,  and  Hart,  A.  B. 
Indexes  to  public  documents,  1776-1895.  (In  their  Guide  to  the  study  of  American  history.  1896.  p.  38-39.) 
Ferrell,  Louis  Cass.  Public  documents  of  the  United  States.  Lib.  jour.  26 :  671-674.  Fichtenkam,  Alice  C.  The 
cataloguing  of  government  publications  in  the  office  of  the  Superintendent  of  documents,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Index  and  review,  1 :  167-171, 189-193,  234-240.  Describes  the  cataloging  of  the  official  documents,  catalogs,  and 
indexes.  Helpful  in  understanding  how  to  use  these  aids.  Hasse,  Adelaide  Rosalia.  Public  documents.  Pub. 
lib.  1 :  263-264.  "Written  for  the  A.  L.  A.  Library  primer.  Tells  how  and  to  whom  documents  are  issued  and 
about  the  care  of  them  in  a  library.  Same  (In  Dana,  J :  C.  Library  primer.  1899.  p.  110-112).  Hasse,  Adelaide 
Rosalia.  How  may  government  documents  be  made  more  useful  to  the  public.  Lib.  jour.  26 :  8-13,  and  Pub. 
lib.  6  :  29-34.  Hasse,  Adelaide  Rosalia.  United  States  government  publications  ;  a  handbook  for  the  cata- 
loged v.  1,  O.  Post.  Library  bureau.  1902.  $1.  v.  1,  The  government  at  large.  The  constitution,  statutes, 
treaties.  Succeeding  parts  will  treat  of  the  legislative  body,  the  executive  body,  the  judiciary.  Contains 
much  information  about  documents  which  will  be  found  useful  to  the  reference  librarian.  Lane,  Lucius 
Page.  Aids  in  the  use  of  government  publications.  (In  American  statistical  association.  Publications. 
1900.  7:  40-57.)  A  most  helpful  account  of  public  documents  with  a  list  of  indexes  and  catalogs.  McKee, 
Thomas  Hudson.  Note  on  the  classes  and  printing  of  U.  S.  public  documents.  1885.  Lib.  jour.  10  :  241-244. 
Mann,  Margaret.  Course  in  documents  in  the  University  of  Illinois  Library  school.  Lib.  jour.  26  :  152-154. 
See  also  Ames's  special  report  relating  to  public  documents  (1894),  and  the  reports  of  the  Superintendent  of 
documents,  1895-1900 ;  also,  the  reports  of  the  A.  L.  A.  committee  on  public  documents  to  be  found  in  the 
Library  journal. 

Every  library  has  a  larger  or  smaller  collection  of  the  documents  of  the  city,  the  state,  and 
the  nation.  To  be  of  use  such  documents  must  be  carefully  classified,  cataloged,  and  placed 
where  they  can  be  readily  found,  instead  of  piled  up,  as  is  often  the  case,  in  out  of  the  way  cor- 
ners where  they  cannot  be  consulted  when  wanted. 


UNITED    STATES     PUBLIC     DOCU- 
MENTS 

A  public  document  is  strictly  defined  to  be 
"  all  publications  printed  by  order  of  Congress 
or  by  either  House  thereof,"  but  the  term  is 
used  to  include  the  departmental  as  well  as  the 
congressional  documents. 

Congress  publishes  for  each  session :  — 

Congressional  record  (published  daily  during  the  ses- 
sion) ;  Abridgment  of  Messages  of  the  President  and 
Reports  of  departments  ;  Statutes  and  recent  treaties 
and  executive  proclamations. 

Senate  publishes  for  each  session:  — 
Journal ;  Senate  documents  ;  Senate  reports. 
House  publishes  for  each  session :  — 
Journal ;  House  documents  ;  House  reports. 
Before  the  54th  congress  (December,  1895) 
each  House  published  its  journal,  executive 
documents,  miscellaneous  documents,  and  re- 
ports of  committees. 


The  departments  of  the  U.  S.  government  are  : 
State,  Treasury.  War,  Navy,  Justice,  Post- 
office,  Interior,  Agriculture,  Labor,  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  several  independent  bureaus 
and  institutions.  All  of  these  issue  reports 
separately,  and  the  various  subordinate  bu- 
reaus, divisions,  etc.,  of  each  department  also 
issue  their  special  publications. 

Publications  of  the  national  government  ap- 
pear in  two  forms  :  first,  the  leather  (or  sheep) 
bound  set  (sheep-bound  or  congressional  re- 
serve), which  volumes  are  commonly  known  as 
"  congressional  documents,"  including  the  pub- 
lications of  the  Senate  and  of  the  House  ;  sec- 
ond, the  cloth-bound  sets,  including  reports 
and  publications  of  the  several  departments 
and  their  bureaus.  The  same  document  may 
appear  in  two  or  more  forms  ;  e.  g.  the  Annual 
report  of  the  Commissioner  of  education  ap- 
pears separately  as  a  publication  of  the  Bureau, 
then  as  part  of  the  Report  of  the  Secretary  of 


GOVERNMENT  DOCUMENTS 


the  Interior,  and  again  as  one  of  the  House 
documents  in  the  series  of  congressional  docu- 
ments. 

A  "depository"  library  is  one  that  is  desig- 
nated to  receive,  store,  and  keep  for  use  the 
publications  of  the  U.  8.  government.  In  every 
large  city  or  town  there  is  usually  at  least  one 
depository  library.  Other  libraries  may  not 
aim  to  collect  all  publications  of  the  national 
government,  but  no  general  library  however 
small  can  afford  to  be  without  the  reports  of 
some  of  the  important  departments  and  bu- 
reaus. The  government  publishes  many  valu- 
able documents  on  subjects  of  general  interest. 
Each  library  must  select  what  will  be  of  most 
use  to  its  readers,  and  refer  to  the  nearest  de- 
pository library  when  it  has  not  the  needed  doc- 
ument on  its  shelves.  Designated  depositories 
are  enumerated  in  the  Report  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Documents,  issued  separately,  and 
also  in  the  Report  of  the  Public  Printer. 

The  Catalogue  of  U.  S.  public  documents, 
issued  monthly,  tells  how  all  documents  may 
be  obtained. 

INDEXES  AND  CATALOGS 

In  order  to  use  the  documents  to  the  best 
advantage,  it  is  necessary  to  know  thoroughly 
the  following  indexes  and  catalogs  :  — 

U.  S.  —  Documents  office.  Check-list  of 
public  documents  from  the  1st  to  the  53d  con- 
gress. Ed.  2  enl.  222  p.  O.  Wash.  Govern- 
ment printing  office,  1895.    free.  016.353 

First  ed.  by  J.  G.  Ames,  1892,  was  from  the  15th  to 
the  51st  congress. 

Second  ed.  by  F.  A.  Crandall. 

An  itemized  list  of  the  volumes  which  constitute 
the  set  of  Congressional  documents,  with  the  num- 
ber or  numbers  contained  in  each.  Appendices  con- 
tain list  of  Debates  and  proceedings  of  Congress  for 
the  same  period,  and  of  the  Miscellaneous  series  of 
public  documents  arranged  by  departments,  enumer- 
ating their  publications,  also  a  list  of  government 
catalogs,  showing  what  lists  each  department  or  bu- 
reau has  published  to  1895,  and  an  index  showing 
where  in  the  set  of  Congressional  documents  the  more 
important  executive  and  other  reports  may  be  found. 

This  is  being  superseded  by  a  much  extended  new 
edition  to  be  completed  in  three  volumes,  the  second 
volume  of  which  has  been  published  under  the  title : 

Table  of  and  annotated  index    to  the 

congressional  series  of  United  States  public 
documents.  769  p.  sq.  Q.  "Wash.  Government 
printing  office,  1902.    free.  016.353 

It  gives  a  list  of  the  documents  of  the  15th  to  the 
52d  congress  inclusive,  with  a  full  annotated  index. 
Part  1  will  contain  a  list  of  the  documents  of  the  1st 


to  the  14th  congress  ;  part  3  a  list  of  the  reports  and 
miscellaneous  publications  of  the  executive  depart- 
ments, bureaus,  and  other  offices  of  the  government, 
printed  without  congressional  numbers. 

This  is  the  most  important  of  the  indexes  of  U.  S. 
public  documents,  and  will  make  it  less  necessary  to 
refer  to  Poore's  imperfect  list. 

Poore,  Benjamin  Perley.  Descriptive  cata- 
logue of  the  government  publications  of  the 
United  States,  Sept.  5,  1774,  to  March  4,  1881. 
1392  p.  sq.  Q.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1883.    0.  p.  015-73 

A  chronological  list  of  books,  pamphlets,  or  docu- 
ments, with  the  names  of  authors,  dates  of  publica- 
tion, where  they  are  to  be  found,  and  a  brief  abstract 
of  the  contents  of  each.  With  an  analytical  index 
(alphabetical)  referring  to  the  numbers  of  the  pages 
on  which  documents  are  entered.  Arrangement  is 
defective,  and  index  is  not  easy  to  use. 

Criticism  by  R :  R.  Bowker  in  Lib.  jour.  10 :  4-5. 

Ames,  John  Griffith.  Comprehensive  index 
of  the  publications  of  the  United  States  govern- 
ment, 1889-93.  480  p.  sq.  Q.  Wash.  Govern- 
ment printing  office,  1894.     free.  015.73 

Arranged  in  three  columns.  In  the  first  is  given  the 
author  of  the  document  or  department  by  which  it  is 
issued ;  in  the  second,  an  alphabetical  list  of  docu- 
ments arranged  by  subjects  and  titles  ;  in  the  third, 
reference  is  made  to  the  congress,  session,  the  volume 
of  the  series  in  which  each  is  embraced,  and  the  serial 
number  of  the  document.    A  personal  index  is  added. 

U.  S.  —  Documents  office.  Catalogue  of 
the  public  documents  of  .  .  .  Congress  and  of 
all  departments  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States  for  the  period,  March  4,  1893,  ...  to 
June  30,  1899.  4v.  Q.  Wash.  Government 
piinting  office,  1896-1901.     free.  015.73 

v.  1,  53d  congress;  v.  2,  54th  congress,  1st  session; 
v.  3,  54th  congress,  2d  session ;  v.  4,  55th  congress. 

The  Comprehensive  index  provided  for  by  the  act 
approved  Jan.  12, 1895. 

Authors,  titles,  and  subjects  in  one  alphabet.  After 
each  entry  is  given  in  parentheses  the  number  of  the 
document,  the  session  to  which  it  belongs,  and  the 
volume  in  which  it  is  bound.  At  the  end  of  the  volume 
is  a  useful  list  of  the  departments,  bureaus,  divisions, 
etc.,  represented  in  the  catalog.  Known  as  the  Docu- 
ment catalog. 

Catalogue  of  United  States  public  docu- 
ments, issued  monthly,  1895-1902.  O.  Wash. 
Government  printing  office,  1895-1902.     free. 

01573 

A  list  of  documents  printed  by  the  government  dur- 
ing the  month,  arranged  under  name  of  department. 
Tells  how  documents  of  each  bureau,  division,  etc., 
may  be  obtained.  Index,  beginning  with  the  year 
1900,  is  made  cumulative  for  half-yearly  periods. 

Index  to  the  subjects  of  the  documents 

and  reports,  and  to  the  committees,  senators, 


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63 


and  representatives  presenting  them  .  .  .  (be- 
ing the  Consolidated  index  provided  for  by  the 
act  of  Jan.  12, 1895),  54th  cong.  1st  sess.-56th 
cong.  2d  sess.  7 v.  O.  Wash.  Government  print- 
ing office,  1897-1902.  free.  015.73 
Binder's  title:  Document  index,  by  which  name 
this  series  is  known.  An  entry  of  every  document 
may  be  found  under  its  subject  or  subjects,  and  the 
name  of  the  member  or  committee  presenting  it,  with 
a  numerical  table  of  the  documents  and  reports  and 
schedule  of  the  volumes  of  the  documents. 

Hickcox,  John  Howard.  United  States  gov- 
ernment publications ;  a  monthly  catalogue, 
1885-94.    lOv.  O.    Wash.  Lowdermilk,  1885-94. 

01573 

No  more  published. 

Contains  the  titles  of  all  the  official  publications  of 
the  U.  S.  for  each  month,  arranged  alphabetically 
under  authors'  name,  as  regards  special  treatises  ;  also 
under  topics  for  congressional  documents.  Index  to 
each  volume. 

The  index  and  review,  1901-02.  v.  1,  O. 
Wash.  Young1%1901-02.    $1  per  year.      015.73 

A  monthly  journaiTcontaining  a  list  of  all  publica- 
tions of  the  U.  S.  government  issued  during  the  month. 
Similar  in  scope  to  the  Monthly  catalogue  issued  by 
the  Superintendent  of  documents,  of  which  not  a  suf- 
ficient number  of  copies  to  meet  the  demand  can  be 
printed. 

Greely,  Adolphus  Washington.  Public 
documents  of  the  first  14  congresses,  1789-1817  ; 
papers  relating  to  early  congressional  docu- 
ments. 903  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1900.  (56th  cong.  1st  sess.  Senate  doc. 
no.  428.)    free.  015.73 

Hasse,  Adelaide  Rosalia.  Reports  of  ex- 
plorations printed  in  the  documents  of  the 
United  States  government.  ...  90  p.  O.  Wash. 
Government  printing  office,  1899.  free.    015.73 

Alphabetical  list  by  authors  and  subjects. 

Indiana  —  State  library.  Sub j  ect  catalogue 
of  United  States  public  documents.  289  p.  O. 
Indianapolis,  State  printer,  1900.  (In  its  Bien- 
nial report  of  the  librarian  for  1900.)    free. 

027.5 

Alphabetical  list  by  subjects  of  the  documents  in 
the  State  library.  Articles  of  general  interest  con- 
tained in  the  congressional  documents,  and  especially 
of  those  of  importance  to  this  library,  have  been  in- 
dexed under  their  subjects. 

Michigan  —  State  library.  Catalogue, 
United  States  documents,  state  documents, 
foreign  exchanges.  276  p.  O.  Lansing,  Robert 
Smith  pr.  co.  1898.    free.  016.353 

Alphabetically  by  countries  ;  U.  S.  department  docu- 
ments have  contents  very  fully  given. 

Library  catalogs  of  use  in  looking  up  infor- 


mation concerning  documents  are  those  of  the 
Boston  public  library  (Bost.  1861,  and  Bost. 
1866),  which  contain  indexes  to  the  publica- 
tions of  the  early  congresses,  the  Boston  Ath- 
enaeum, the  Peabody  institute  library,  and  the 
Massachusetts  state  library. 

The  series  of  the  American  catalogue  for 
1876-84,  1884-90,  1890-95,  contain  appendixes 
of  U.  S.  government  publications,  arranged 
alphabetically  by  departments,  with  divisions 
and  bureaus  subordinated. 

Some  departments  and  bureaus  have  issued 
separate  catalogs  and  indexes  of  their  publica- 
tions, a  list  of  which  (to  1895)  will  be  found  as 
an  appendix  to  the  Check-list  (Ed.  2).  Among 
these  may  be  mentioned  here  :  — 

U.  S.  —  Bureau  of  education.  Publications 
from  1867  to  1890-,* with  subject  index,  p.  1453- 
1551,  O.  Wash.  Government  printing  office, 
1891.     free.  015.73 

Reprinted  from  chapter  35  of  the  report  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  education  for  1888-89. 

U.  S. — Consuls.  Consular  reports;  index 
v.  1-63.  6v.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1883-1901.     free.  382  ^ 

The  index  to  Consular  reports  is  issued  at  intervals. 

U.  S.  —  Dept.  of  agriculture.  List  of  pub- 
lications from  1841  to  June  30,  1895,  inclusive. 
76  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing  office, 
1896.     free.  015.73 

Compiled  by  A.  R.  Hasse. 

U.  S.  — Dept.  of  agriculture — Division  of 
publications.  Index  to  authors,  with  titles  of 
their  publications  appearing  in  the  documents 
of  the  U.  S.  Dept.  of  agriculture,  1841-1897, 
by  G :  F.  Thompson,  under  direction  of  G :  W : 
Hill.  303  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1898.     (Bulletin,  No.  4.)    free.     015.73 

U.  S.  —  Coast  and  geodetic  survey.  Bib- 
liography ;  descriptive  catalogue  of  publica- 
tions relating  to  the  U.  S.  Coast  and  geodetic 
survey,  1807  to  1896.  118  p.  O.  Wash.  Govern- 
ment printing  office,  1898.     free.  015.73 

U.  S.  —  National  museum.  List  of  publi- 
cations, 1875-1900  .  .  .  with  indexes  to  titles, 
by  R.  I.  Geare.  168  p.  O.  Wash.  Government 
printing  office,  1902.   (Bulletin,  No.  51.)     free. 

01573 

Lunt's  Key  to  the  publications  of  the  United 
States  census,  1790-1887,  contained  in  the 
American  statistical  association,  Publications, 
1 :  63-125,  gives  a  bibliography  and  groups  by 
subjects  the  contents  of  the  census  reports. 


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GOVERNMENT  DOCUMENTS 


STATE    AND    CITY   DOCU- 
MENTS 

Large  libraries  must  have  the  reports  of  the 
departments  of  their  state  and  municipal  gov- 
ernments. These  are  issued  in  different  ways 
in  the  various  states  and  cities.  Small  libraries 
will  find  use  for  only  a  limited  number  of  these 
reports,  and  need  not  collect  other  than  those 
of  their  own  city  and  state.  Among  reports  of 
general  interest  are  those  of  the  departments  of 
education,  labor,  railroads,  fisheries,  and  agri- 
culture. 

An  important  catalog  of  state  publications 
has  been  begun  by  R:  R.  Bowker:  — 

Bowker,  Richard  Rogers.  State  publica- 
tions ;  a  provisional  list  of  the  official  publica- 
tions of  the  several  states  of  the  U.  S.  from 
their  organization,  v.  1,  sq.  O.  N.  Y.  Pub- 
lishers' weekly,  1899.     $2.  016.3539 

v.  1 :  New  England  states. 

A  check-list  of  state  publications,  with  extra  mar- 
gins for  insertions,  arranged  in  geographical  order. 
Entry  is  made  under  the  office  or  officer  responsi- 
ble for  the  issue  of  the  document. 

The  lists  forming  appendixes  to  the  American  cata- 
logue, from  1876-84  to  1890-95,  inclusive,  were  used  as  a 
basis  for  the  above. 

The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  bibliogra- 
phies of  state  documents,  some  additional  titles 
of  which  will  be  found  in  the  article  by  A.  R. 
Hasse  in  Pub.  lib.  6:  28-34  :  Alabama:  Owen's 
Bibliography  of  Alabama.  (In  American  his- 
torical association.  Annual  report.  1899.  v.  1.) 
Cole's  Bibliography  of  the  statute  law  of  the 
southern  states.  (In  Southern  history  associa- 
tion. Publications,  v.  1.  1897.)  Arkansas: 
Cole's  Bibliography  of  the  statute  law  of  the 
southern  states,  pt.  2,  Arkansas.  (In  Southern 
history  association.   Publications,   v.  1.    1897.) 


Indiana :  Howe's  Descriptive  catalogue  of  the 
official  publications  of  Indiana  from  1800  to 
1890.  (Indiana  historical  society.  Pamphlets, 
No.  5.)  Kansas:  The  Transactions  of  the 
Kansas  state  historical  association,  1897-1900, 
v.  6,  contains  a  list  of  Kansas  state  publica- 
tions. Maine:  Williamson's  Bibliography  of 
the  state  of  Maine  to  1891.  (Portland,  The 
Thurston  print,  1896.  2v.)  Mississippi:  Owen's 
Bibliography  of  Mississippi.  (In  American 
historical  association.  Annual  report.  1899. 
v.  1.)  New  Hampshire:  Report  of  the  state 
librarian  of  New  Hampshire  for  1891  contains 
an  index  list  of  reports  and  documents.  New 
Jersey:  Report  of  the  state  librarian  of  New 
Jersey  for  1900  contains  a  list  of  New  Jersey 
books  and  pamphlets  in  the  general  library. 
Ohio:  Hayes's  Publications  of  the  state  of 
Ohio,  1803-96.  (Norwalk,  1897.)  Pennsyl- 
vania :  Report  of  the  state  librarian  of  Penn- 
sylvania for  1899  contains  a  check-list  of  the 
laws,  minutes,  journals,  and  documents  pub- 
lished in  Pennsylvania,  1682-1897.  Texas: 
Raines's  Bibliography  of  Texas ;  being  a  de- 
scriptive list  of  books,  pamphlets,  and  docu- 
ments.    (Austin,  1896.) 

FOREIGN 

American  library  association  —  Committee 
on  foreign  documents.  Partial  list  of  French 
government  serials  in  American  libraries, 
p.  97-164,  O.  Alb.  Univ.  of  state  of  N.  Y., 
1902.  (N.  Y.  (state)—  Library.  Bulletin,  70.) 
15  cts.  015.44 

"  The  aim  has  been  simply  to  produce  a  title  list  of 
serials  found  in  certain  American  libraries.  .  .  .  The 
scope  of  the  work  is  denned  in  its  title  — '  A  partial 
list  of  French  government  serials.'  "    Preface. 

The  list  specifies  in  what  libraries  the  documents 
may  be  found.    There  is  an  index  of  offices. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 

REFERENCES.  —  Bisbee,  Marvin  Davis.  Place  of  bibliography  in  the  equipment  of  a  cultivated  man.  Lib. 
jour.  22  :  429-432.  Bowker,  Richard  Rogers.  Bibliographical  endeavors  in  America.  Lib.  jour.  22  :  384-387. 
Campbell,  Frank.  Theory  of  national  and  international  bibliography,  with  special  reference  to  the  introduc- 
tion of  system  in  the  record  of  modern  literature.  500  p.  O.  Lond.  Library  bureau,  1896.  Chauvin,  Victor. 
What  a  bibliography  should  be.  Lib.  jour.  17  :  87-88.  Chicago,  Bibliographical  society  of.  Year-book,  1899-1900. 
43  p.  D.  Chic.  1901.  Addresses,  particularly  those  on  Some  secent  events  and  tendencies  in  bibliography,  by 
C.  H.  Hastings,  and,  General  and  national  bibliographies,  by  "W.  S.  Merrill.  Cole,  George  Watson.  American 
bibliography,  general  and  local.  Lib.  jour.  19 :  5-9.  Course  in  bibliology  at  Dartmouth  college.  Lib.  jour. 
22  :  439^140.  An  outline  of  the  course  of  study  given  in  that  college.  Davis,  Raymond  C.  Teaching  bibliography 
in  colleges.  Lib.  jour.  11:  289-294.  An  outline  of  the  course  of  study  in  the  University  of  Michigan,  with  many 
interesting  remarks  on  bibliography  in  general  and  on  the  teaching  of  it  in  colleges.  Dewey,  Melvil.  Biblio- 
graphy in  colleges.  Lib.  jour.  18  :  422.  Quotes  from  the  catalog  of  the  University  of  Colorado  its  course  of 
instruction  in  bibliography.  Ferguson,  John.  Some  aspects  of  bibliography.  102  p.  O.  Edin.  Johnston,  1900. 
Guild,  Reuben.  Bibliography  as  a  science.  Lib.  jour.  1  :  67-69.  Keogh,  Andrew.  Some  general  bibliographical 
works  of  value  to  the  student  of  English.  27  p.  D.  New  Haven,  Yale  university,  1901.  Koopman,  Harry 
Lyman.  College  instruction  in  bibliography.  Lib.  jour.  C22  :  166-168.  Describes  the  course  given  in  Brown 
university,  followed  by  a  discussion  of  similar  courses  by  other  librarians.  Little,  George  T.  Teaching  biblio- 
graphy to  college  students.  Lib.  jour.  17  :  C87-88.  Professional  instruction  in  bibliography,  round  table  meet- 
ing, A.  L.  A.  1901.  Lib.  jour.  26 :  C197-205.  Spofford,  Ainsworth  Rand.  Bibliography.  (In  his  Book  for  all: 
readers.  1900.  p.  459-500.)  Tedder,  Henry  R.  A  few  words  on  the  study  of  bibliography.  (In  L.  A.  U.  K. 
Transactions  and  proceedings,  7: 128-131.)  Wheatley,  Henry  Benjamin.  General  bibliographies;  Special  biblio- 
graphies. (In  his  How  to  form  a  library.  1887.  p.  141-183.)  Wheatley,  Henry  Benjamin.  Present  condition 
of  English  bibliography,  and  suggestions  for  the  future.    Lib.  jour.  19: 336-338. 

The  student  of  reference  work  will  find  the  study  of  bibliography  most  essential,  inasmuch  a& 
bibliographies  serve  to  guide  to  the  best  authorities  on  a  subject ;  to  the  best  editions  of  books ; 
to  information  as  to  what  has  been  written  by  an  author,  or  on  a  special  subject ;  to  the  author 
of  a  book  when  only  the  title  is  known  ;  to  what  has  been  published  in  a  certain  country  ;  to* 
the  price  of  a  book ;  to  the  value  and  collation  of  rare  books,  and  to  much  other  important 
information. 

In  a  work  of  this  character  only  .those  bibliographies  most  necessary  to  the  reference  librarian 
are  mentioned. 

For  a  general  history  of  the  subject,  consult  the  article  Bibliography  by  E.  F.  Taylor  in  the 
Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  which  gives  an  excellent  account. 

Bibliography  means  literally  the  act  or  habit  of  writing  books,  and  is  applied  to  "  the  science 
which  treats  of  books,  their  materials,  authors,  typography,  editions,  dates,  subjects,  classifica- 
tion, history,  etc."  Another  use  of  the  term  is  applied  to  "  a  classified  list  of  authorities  or  books 
on  any  theme,  as  a  bibliography  of  political  economy."    (Century  dictionary.) 

The  term  bibliography,  which  is  now  defined  as  the  science  of  books,  was  formerly  used  to 
signify  the  description  and  deciphering  of  ancient  manuscripts,  which  science  is  now  known  as 
paleography.  De  Bure,  in  his  Bibliographic  instructive,  published  in  1763,  employed  the  word 
in  the  sense;in  which  it  has  since  been  used,  applying  it  to  printed  books. 

There  are  two  kinds  of  bibliography  :  material  and  intellectual  (or  literary).  Material  biblio- 
graphy embraces  a  description  of  a  book  according  to  its  edition,  typography,  paging,  etc.  —  the 
external  features  ;  while  intellectual  bibliography  has  to  do  with  the  contents  or  internal  charac- 
teristics of  the  book. 

The  subject  is  usually  divided  into  the  following  sections :  — 
General  (or  universal) bibliography,  which  includes  bibliographies  whose  object  is  to  enumerate 


66  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

the  titles  of  books  of  every  age  and  country  and  on  all  subjects  (e.  g.  Brunet's  Manuel  du 

libraire). 
Special  bibliography,  which  is  confined  to  books  on  some  particular  author  or  subject,  and  may 

include  all  (complete  bibliography)  or  a  selection  (select  bibliography)  of  the  books  on  that 

subject  or  author  (e.  g.  Monroe's  Bibliography  of  education). 
National  bibliography,   which  gives  a  record  of  books  printed  in  a  certain  country  (e.  g. 

Lowndes's  Bibliographer's  manual).     This  term  is  also  applied  to  a  list  of  books  about 

a  certain  country. 
Trade  bibliography,  which  includes  those  bibliographies  useful  in  the  purchase  of  books,  as 

giving  trade  information  (e.  g.  American  catalogue  of  books). 
Bibliography  of  bibliography,  which  is  a  list  of  bibliographies  (e.  g.  Vallee's  Bibliographie 

des  bibliographies). 
Miscellaneous  (including  anonyms,  periodicals,  etc.). 


GENERAL  OR   UNIVERSAL 

Brunet,  Jacques  Charles.  Manuel  du  li- 
braire et  de  l'amateur  de  livres.  .  .  .  Ed.  5  enl. 
6v.  O.  Paris,  Didot,  1860-65.  with  Supple- 
ment about  $65.  oi  i 

Supplement  .  .  .  par  P.  Deschamps  et 

G.  Brunet.    2v.  O.    Par.  Didot,  1878-80.       on 

v.  6  of  the  Manuel  is  a  "  table  methodique." 
Brunet's  work  is  especially  valuable  for  the  biblio- 
graphical details  of  the  books  mentioned.  It  aims  to 
include  the  rare  and  precious  books  of  all  kinds  from 
the  origin  of  printing.  It  gives  the  history  of  differ- 
ent editions,  distinguishing  characteristics  of  each 
and  their  collation,  full  titles,  prices  that  books  have 
brought  at  auction,  some  illustrations,  and  facsimiles. 
The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  with  a  classified 
index,  and  the  supplement  includes  books  not  men- 
tioned in  the  other  volumes. 

It  is  probably  the  most  useful  book  of  its  kind, 
although  the  work  of  Grasse  is  considered  by  some  to 
be  more  important.  Brunet's  work  contains  entries 
of  more  books  of  French  writers  than  Grasse. 

Grasse,  Johann  Georg  Theodor.  Tresor  de 
livres  rares  et  precieux.  .  .  .  7v.  Q.  Dresde, 
1859-69.    o.  p.    about  $60.  on 

v.  7,  Supplement. 

"  Covers  much  the  same  ground  as  Brunet,  but  in- 
cludes also  a  large  number  of  books  that  are  intrin- 
sically valuable  without  being  rare,  and  for  this  reason 
is  preferable  if  a  choice  must  be  made  between  them." 
Grq^voll  in  his  Bookseller's  library. 

It  is  based  on  Brunet,  but  contains  more  entries  of 
German  books  ;  prices  that  books  brought  at  sales 
are  given. 

Ebert,  Friedrich  Adolf.  General  biblio- 
graphical dictionary ;  from  the  German.  4v. 
O.    Ox.  University  press,  1837.    o.  p.    30s. 

on 

Based  upon  the  early  edition  of  Brunet.  Contains 
many  notes  descriptive  of  editions.  Especial  atten- 
tion is  given  to  ancient  German  literature,  and  the 
Greek  and  Latin  classics. 

Of  less  value  than  Brunet  or  Grasse. 

Watt,  Robert.  Bibliotheca  Britannica;   or, 


A  general  index  to  British  and  foreign  litera- 
ture. 4v.  sq.  Q.  Edin.  Constable,  1824.  o.  p. 
about  $15.  on 

Under  authors  (v.  1-2)  are  given  dates  and  brief  bio- 
graphical information,  a  chronological  list  of  works, 
their  edition,  place,  size,  and  price  (in  a  few  cases). 
Under  subjects  (v.  3-4)  the  titles  are  arranged  chrono- 
logically. Anonymous  books  are  given  in  the  subject 
volumes.  Of  especial  importance  for  British  litera- 
ture, but  includes  some  books  by  continental  writers. 

Georgi,  Theophilus.  Allgemeines  euro- 
paisches  bucher-lexicon.  .  .  .  5v.  and  6v.  sup. 
F.    Lpz.  1742-58.    o.  p.  on 

Catalog  of  the  most  important  authors  from  the 
beginning  of  the  16th  century  to  1739,  giving  editions, 
date,  size,  place,  price,  etc.  Specially  full  in  German 
books,  v.  5  comprises  French  books. 

Quaritch,  Bernard.  General  catalogue  of 
books  offered  to  the  public  at  the  affixed  prices. 
7v.  Q.    Lond.  1887-92.    o.  p.  on 

v.  7  is  a  general  index  by  authors  and  subjects. 

A  most  useful  collection  of  sales  catalogs  of  one 
of  the  largest  of  bookstores,  particularly  helpful  in 
finding  prices.  The*  annotations  are  good.  There 
are  100,000  separate  entries  in  the  index.  Quaritch 
also  constantly  issues  some  Supplementary  catalogs 
on  separate  subjects,  and  besides  sends  out  "  Rough 
lists,"  with  a  serial  number  reaching  to  210  Jan.  1902. 

See  also  Library  Catalogs. 

EARLY  LITERATURE  AND  INCU- 
NABULA 
Hain,  Ludwig  Friedrich  Theodor.    Reper- 
torium  bibliographicum  ...  ad  annum  1500. 
.  .  .  2v.  in  4,  O.     Stuttg.  Cotta,  1826-38.  o.  p. 
about  $35.  on 

An  authoritative  descriptive  record  of  books  printed 
before  1500,  arranged  alphabetically  by  authors. 

Indices  uberrimi  opera  Conradi  Burger. 

428  p.  O.    Lipsiae,  Harrassowitz,  1891.         on 

Supplement  to  Hain's  Repertorium  bib- 
liographicum ;  or,  Collections  towards  a  new 
edition  of  that  work,   by  W.   A.   Copinger. 


EARLY  LITERATURE.    NATIONAL 


67 


v.  1-2,  pt.  1,  O.    Lond.  Sotheran,  1895-98.   £4 
14s.  6d.  on 

v.  2  to  the  letter  O. 

v.  1  contains  corrections  of  and  additions  to  the 
collation  of  works  described  in  Hain;  v.  2  a  list  of 
titles  not  contained  in  the  original  work. 

Panzer,  Georg  Wolfgang  Franz.  Annales 
typographic!  ab  artis  inventse  origine  ad  annum 
1536.  .  .  .  llv.  Q.  Norimbergae,  1793-1803. 
o.  p.  on 

Arranged  by  places  and  under  each  chronologically. 
See  descriptive  note  in  Ebert,  3 :  1276. 

Maittaire,  Michael.    Annales  typographici 

ab  artis  inventae  origine  ad  annum  1664.  5v.  Q. 

Hagae-Comitum,  1719-41.    o.  p.  on 

Supplementum    adornavit    M.  Denis. 

2v.  Q.     Vienna?,  1789.     o.  p.  on 

Gives  additional  titles  of  books. 

See  descriptive  note  in  Ebert,  3 :  1014. 

Santander,  Carlos  Antonio  de  la  Serna 

de.     Dictionnaire    bibliographique   choisi   du 

quinzieme  stecle.  .  .  .  3v.  O.    Bruxelles,  1805- 

07.    o.  p.    about  $7.50.  on 

A  select  list  describing  the  principal  editions  only. 

Pellechet,  Marie  Catherine  Helene.  Cata- 
logue general  des  incunables  des  bibliotheques 
publiques  de  France,  v.  1,  Q.  Paris,  Picard, 
1897.     12fr.  on 

v.  1,  A-Biblia. 

Campbell,  Frederick  Andries   Gerardus. 
Annales  de  la  typographic  neerlandaise  au  xve 
Steele.    629  p.O.   La  Haye,  Nijhoff ,  1874.    on 
Contains  also  Supplements,  1-4, 1878-90. 

Proctor,  Robert.  Index  to  the  early  printed 
books  in  the  British  museum  from  the  inven- 
tion of  printing  to  the  year  1500,  with  notes  of 
those  in  the  Bodleian  library.  4v.  Q.  Lond. 
Paul,  1898-99.     60s.  on 

v.  1,  Germany  ;  v.  2,  Italy  ;  v.  3,  Switzerland  to 
Montenegro  ;  v.  4,  Register. 

A  chronological  list  under  each  country  by  names 
of  presses.  The  index  volume  contains  an  alphabet- 
ical list  of  towns,  printers,  and  publishers,  a  list  of 
books  mentioned  in  Hain  and  of  those  not  in  Hain, 
authors  of  books  printed  in  the  Low  countries,  books 
printed  in  England.  There  is  also  an  annual  supple- 
ment to  the  Index. 

Catalogs  of  special  printers  will  also  be  use- 
ful ;  such  are,  Willem's  Les  Elzevier,  histoire 
et  annales  typographiques  (Bruxelles,  Van 
Trigt,  1880),  Renouard's  Annales  de  l'impri- 
merie  des  Aides  (Paris,  1834),  Blades's  Life  and 
typography  of  William  Caxton  (Lond.  Lilly, 
1861-63.  2v.),  etc. 


NATIONAL  AND  TRADE 

Under  this  heading  is  included  trade  biblio- 
graphy as  well  as  some  other  works  relating  to 
the  bibliography  of  each  country.  As  in  other 
classes  of  bibliography,  a  selection  has  been 
made  limited  to  the  most  useful  works.  An 
excellent  account  of  trade  bibliography  and 
how  to  find  information  contained  in  it  will 
be  found  in  Growoll's  The  bookseller's  library 
and  how  to  use  it,  which  should  be  carefully 
studied  by  librarians. 

A  chapter  on  ' '  Hints  for  finding  the  author, 
title,  publisher,  place  of  publication,  date,  edi- 
tion, size  or  price  of  books,"  may  be  found  in 
Caspar's  Directory  of  the  American  book  and 
stationery  trade  (1889),  p.  1262-1265. 

Another  useful  list  without  annotations  is  :  — 

New  York  (state)  —  Library.  Selected  na- 
tional bibliographies.  (Library  school  bulletin 
no.  7,  1900.     p.  301-330.)     5cts. 

This  is  the  list  used  in  the  course  in  elementary 
bibliography  in  the  New  York  state  library  school. 
Compiled  by  W.  S.  Biscoe. 

AMERICAN 

For  a  bibliography  of  the  subject  consult:  — 

Growoll,  Adolf.  Book-trade  bibliography 
in  the  United  States  in  the  19th  century,  to 
which  is  added  a  Catalogue  of  all  the  books 
printed  in  the  United  States,  with  the  prices, 
and  places  where  published  annexed,  published 
by  the  booksellers  in  Boston,  January,  1804. 
77+79  p.  por.  D.  K  Y.  Dibdin  club,  1898. 
o.  p.  015.73 

Edition  limited  to  100  copies. 

Chapters  on  The  beginnings  of  book-trade  biblio- 
graphy, book-trade  helps,  1801-97,  and  a  chronological 
list  of  catalogues,  book-trade,  and  literary  journals 
are  of  special  interest. 

Sabin,  Joseph.  Dictionary  of  books  relating 
to  America,  from  its  discovery  to  the  present 
time.  v.  1-19,  A-Simms,  and  parts  115-116 
(Simms  to  Smith),  O.  K  Y.  Sabin,  1868-92. 
o.  p.     about  $125.  015.73 

Half-title  :  Bibliotheca  Americana,  by  which  title  it 
is  generally  known. 

An  attempt  to  record  all  books  published  in  or  about 
America,  with  full  bibliographical  details,  omitting 
prices. 

Triibner,  Nicolas.  Bibliographical  guide 
to  American  literature.  554  p.  O.  Lond. 
Triibner,  1859.     o.  p.     18s.  015.73 

A  classified  list  of  books  published  in  the  U.  S.  from 
1817  to  1857,  with  author  index.  Prices  of  books  are 
given  in  English  money.  There  are  some  bibliogra- 
phical notes. 


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Roorbach,  Orville  Augustus.  Bibliotheca 
Americana.  .  .  .  1820-61.  .  .  .  4v.  O.  KY. 
Roorbach,  1852-61.   o.  p.    about  $10.      015.73 

v.  1, 1820-52,  with  a  list  of  periodicals  published  in 
the  U.  S.;  v.  2,  Supplement,  Oct.  1852-May,  1855;  v.  3, 
Addenda,  May,  1855-Mar.  1858;  v.  4,  Mar.  1858-Jan. 
1861. 

A  catalog  of  American  publications,  including  re- 
prints, arranged  alphabetically  by  authors,  giving 
publisher,  date,  size,  price. 

Kelly,  James.  American  catalogue  of  books 
published  in  the  United  States  from  Jan.  1861 
to  Jan.  1871.  2v.  O.  N.  Y.  Wiley,  1866-71. 
$10.  015.73 

Continues  the  record  of  American  bibliography 
from  Roorbach's  last  volume,  giving  about  the  same 
kind  of  information.  Each  volume  contains  a  list  of 
societies  and  their  publications.  Volume  1  also  con- 
tains a  list  of  pamphlets,  sermons,  and  addresses  on 
the  Civil  war,  1861-66. 

American  catalogue  of  books  .  .  .  1876- 
1900.  5v.  sq.  F.  N.  Y.  Publishers'  weekly, 
1881-1901.  015.73 

[Ser.  1]  Author  and  title  entries  of  books  in  print, 
July  1,1876;  o.  p.  (about  $25);  subject  entries  ($15).  2v. 

[Ser.  2]  July  1,  1876-Jun.  30,  1884.  Author  and  title 
alphabet ;  subject  alphabet,  2v.  in  1  ($15). 

[Ser.  3]  July  1, 1884- Jun.  30,  1890.  Author  and  title 
alphabet ;  subject  alphabet.    2v.  in  1  ($15). 

[Ser.  4]  July  1,  1890- Jun.  30, 1895.  Author  and  title 
alphabet;  subject  alphabet.    2v.  in  1  ($15). 

[Ser.  5]  July,  1895-Jan.  1,  1900.  Author  and  title 
alphabet;  subject  alphabet.    2v.ini  ($15). 

The  American  catalogue  was  founded  by  F:  Leypoldt 
and  continued  by  R:  R.  Bowker.  The  first  series 
records  the  books  for  sale,  July  1,  1876.  Entries  in 
elude  information  as  to  publisher  and  price  of  books. 
An  apx.  gives  a  list  of  bibliographies.  A  directory  of 
publishers  is  prefixed  to  each  volume.  Series  2-4  have 
appendixes  giving  lists  of  U.  S.  government  publica- 
tions, publications  of  literary  and  scientific  societies ; 
series  3-4  has  also  a  list  of  State  publications.  These 
appendixes  are  omitted  in  series  5. 

The  entire  series  constitutes  the  most  important 
record  of  American  publications  (including  reprints 
and  importations). 

The  United  States  catalog  ;  books  in  print, 
1899;  ed.  by  G:  F.  Danforth  and  M.  E.  Potter. 
2v.  Q.    Minneapolis,  Wilson,  [c  1900].    $12.50. 

015-73 
A  useful  title-a-liner  catalog,  giving  trade  informa- 
tion for  about  150,000  entries  arranged  under  authors ; 
in  volume  two  under  the  title.  It  shows  the  various 
editions  of  a  book  now  in  print  in  this  country.  A 
directory  of  publishers  is  given  in  volume  one.  The 
title  index  (vol.  2)  refers  to  the  author  index  for  biblio- 
graphical details.  Biographies  are  entered  in  the 
author  volume,  both  under  subject  and  author.  This 
work  saves  time  in  looking  up  trade  information  for 
books  in  print,  giving  the  titles  in  one  alphabet. 


Annual 

Annual  American  catalogue,  1886-1901. 
16v.  Q.  N.  Y.  Publishers'  weekly,  1887-1902. 
$3.50  per  vol.  015.73 

The  main  index  is  arranged  by  authors,  and  gives 
full  titles,  complete  imprint  information  and  prices, 
with  descriptive  notes  (the  same  entries  as  are  in 
the  Publishers'  weekly's  "  Weekly  record ").  There 
is  also  a  title  and  subject  index,  with  brief  entries. 
Useful  for  the  annotations,  even  if  a  library  has  the 
American  catalogue  for  the  same  period. 

Annual  American  catalogue  cumulated, 
1900-01,  containing  a  record  under  author,  title, 
subject,  and  series  of  the  books  published  in 
the  United  States.  .  .  .  O.  N.  Y.  Publishers' 
weekly,  1902.*    $2.  015.73 

The  preceding  form  of  the  Annual  American  cata- 
logue has  been  superseded  by  this  cumulated  catalogue. 
The  annotations  are'omitted,  but  the  author  entries  by 
their  dates  refer  back  to  the  Publishers'  weekly,  where 
the  full  titles  and  annotations  can  be  found. 

Cumulated  index  to  the  books  of  1898-99, 
1900,  1901  ;  being  the  record  of  the  Cumulative 
book  index,  revised  and  enlarged  ;  comp.  under 
the  direction  of  M.  E.  Potter.  3v.  O.  Minne- 
apolis, Wilson,  1900-02.*  v.  1,  $5  ;  others,  $2 
per  vol.  015.73 

Entry  under  author,  title,  and  subject  in  one  alpha- 
bet.  Cumulates  by  5-yearly  volumes. 

Monthly 

Publishers'  weekly  monthly  cumulative 
list. 
Described  below. 

Monthly  cumulative  book-index,  v.  1-5, 
O.  Minneapolis,  Wilson,  1898-1902.  $3  per 
year.  015.73 

An  author,  title,  and  subject  index  of  books  pub- 
lished each  month,  giving  brief  entries  and  cumulating 
monthly,  so  that  the  December  number  includes  all 
the  books  of  the  year.  Other  features  are  :  publishers' 
lists  (cumulated  monthly),  books  wanted  and  for  sale, 
directory  of  publishers,  notes,  announcements,  etc. 

Weekly 

Publishers'  weekly;  American  book-trade 
journal,  Jan.  1872-1902.  v.  1-61,  O.  N.  Y. 
Publishers'  weekly,  1872-1902.     $3  per  year. 

01573 
A  list  of  books  published  in  America,  giving  full 
titles,  imprint  information,  price,  descriptive  notes. 
It  consists  of  a  weekly  record  of  books  arranged  alpha- 
betically by  authors ;  a  list  arranged  by  publishers ;  a 
weekly  list  of  the  more  prominent  new  English  books ; 
a  monthly  cumulative  list  contained  in  the  second 
number  of  each  month,  this  list  cumulating  through 
the  year,  forms  a  yearly  list  to  be  found  in  the  third 
number  of  January.  The  monthly  cumulative  list  is 
*  Continued  annually. 


AMERICAN.    ENGLISH 


69 


arranged  under  author,  title,  subject,  series,  and  refers 
to  the  number  of  the  Publishers'  weekly  in  which  the 
full  title  and  description  are  recorded.  The  following 
are  special  features:  Annual  summary  number  in 
January,  Spring  announcement  number  in  March, 
Summer  number  in  May,  Educational  number  in  July, 
Fall  announcement  number  in  September,  Christmas 
number  in  December. 

The  Weekly  includes  also  editorials,  miscellaneous 
information,  and  columns  of  Books  wanted  and  Books 
for  sale. 

U.  S.  —  Copyrights,  Office  of  the  register 
of.  Catalogue  of  title  entries  of  books  and 
other  articles  entered  in  the  office  of  Register 
of  copyrights,  Library  of  congress  .  .  .  1891- 
1902.  v.  1-12,  O.  Wash.  Government  printing 
office,  1891-1902.     $5  per  year.  015.73 

Weekly.  The  most  complete  record  of  current  Amer- 
ican publications,  including  books,  periodicals,  music, 
engravings,  etc.   No  prices. 

Publishers 

Publishers'  trade  list  annual  .  .  .  1873- 
1901.  29v.  O.  N.  Y.  Publishers'  weekly,  1873- 
1901.*    $2  per  vol.  015.73 

The  latest  catalogs  of  American  publishers  are  ar- 
ranged alphabetically  by  the  names  of  the  publishers. 
These  catalogs  usually  contain  such  books  as  are  in 
print.  Each  publisher  has  his  own  method  of  arrange- 
ment. Issued  in  August  of  each  year.  With  the 
1902  volume  there  will  be  a  general  index  to  the  con- 
tents of  the  publishers'  catalogs  ($7  for  this  edition). 

Auction 

American  book-prices  current  .  .  .  1895- 
1901.  v.  1-7,  O.  N.  Y.  Dodd,  1895-1901.*  $6 
per  vol.  (early  volumes  are  scarce  and  higher 
in  price).  018.3 

A  record  of  books,  mss.,  and  autographs  sold  at 
American  auctions.  Arrangement  of  all  volumes 
(after  vol.  1)  is  alphabetical  under  authors.  The  mar- 
ket value  of  each  book  is  given ;  subject  index. 

First  editions 

Foley,  P.  K.  American  authors,  1795-1895  ; 
a  bibliography  of  first  and  notable  editions. 
350  p.  O.     Bost.  1897.     $5.  [015.73 

Compiled  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  collector. 
It  is  arranged  alphabetically  by  authors  whose  works 
are  sub-arranged  chronologically.  Brief  notes  are 
given.  No  prices.  There  is  a  list  of  initials,  pseu- 
donyms, and  anonymous  books  appended. 

Stone,  Herbert  Stuart.  First  editions  of 
American  authors ;  a  manual  for  book-lovers. 
223  p.  S.    Camb.  [Mass.]  Stone,  1893.    $1.25. 

015-73 
Gives  dates  of  first  editions ;  no  prices. 

Leon  and  brother.  Catalogue  of  first  edi- 
tions of  American  authors,  compiled,  arranged, 

*  Continued  annually. 


and  for  sale  by  Leon  and  brother.    58  p.  D. 
N.  Y.  1885.     o.  p.  015.73 

A  priced  list  with  brief  titles. 

ENGLISH 

Lowndes,  William  Thomas.  Bibliogra- 
pher's manual  of  English  literature.  .  .  .  New 
ed.  enl.  by  H:  G.  Bohn.  4v.  D.  Lond.  Bell, 
1858-64.    o.  p.     about  $8.  015.42 

An  account  of  about  50,000  rare  and  valuable  books 
published  in  or  relating  to  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
from  the  invention  of  printing,  containing  biographi- 
cal and  critical  notices,  collations  of  the  rarer  books 
and  prices  at  which  they  have  been  sold  in  the  present 
century.  An  apx.  relates  to  the  publications  of  liter- 
ary and  scientific  societies  and  private  presses. 

Originally  published  in  1834.  The  later  volumes  of 
this  edition  are  much  fuller  than  the  first  volumes. 

Watt,  Robert.  Bibliotheca  Britannica ;  or, 
A  general  index  to  British  and  foreign  litera- 
ture.   4v.  sq.  Q.    Edin.  Constable,  1824.    o.  p. 

on 

Described  under  General  Bibliography. 

Collier,  John  Payne.  Bibliographical  and 
critical  account  of  the  rarest  books  in  the  Eng- 
lish language.  4v.  O.  N.  Y.  Scribner,  1866. 
$10.  015.42 

Arranged  under  authors  and  titles.  Contains  very 
full  descriptive  and  historical  notes. 

British  museum  —  Library.  Catalogue  of 
books  in  the  British  museum  printed  in  Eng- 
land, Scotland,  and  Ireland,  and  of  English 
books  printed  abroad  to  the  year  1640.  3v.  O. 
Lond.  British  museum,  1884.  015.42 

Alphabetically  by  authors,  with  notes  and  full  index 
of  subjects,  and  index  of  printers,  booksellers,  and 
stationers  whose  books  are  cataloged. 

Cambridge  university  —  Library.  Early 
English  printed  books  in  the  university  library 
of  Cambridge,  1475  to  1640.  v.  1,  0.  Camb. 
[Eng.]  University  press,  1900.      15s.       015.42 

London  catalogue  of  books,  1786-1811 .  O. 
Lond.  Bent,  1811.    o.  p.  015.42 

1810-Feb.  1831.    O.    Lond.  Bent,  1831. 

0.  p.  015.42 

London  catalogue  of  books  published  in 
Great  Britain,  with  their  sizes,  prices,  and  pub- 
lishers' names  from  1814  to  1846.  542  p.  O. 
Hodgson,  1846.     o.  p.  015.42 

Contains  also  Supplement  from  1846  to  1849,  includ- 
ing a  classified  index. 

English  catalogue  of  books  published 
1835-1900.  6v.  O.  Lond.  Low,  1835-98.  com- 
plete, about  $90.  015.42 

v.  1,  1835-62  ;  v.  2,  1863-71  ;  v.  3,  1872-80 ;  v.  4,  1881- 
89;  v.  5, 1890-97;  v.  6, 1898-1900(308.). 


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v.  1^4  comprise  an  author  and  title  record  of  books 
published  in  Great  Britain,  giving  brief  titles  and 
trade  information  ;  v.  5-6  are  arranged  under  authors 
and  subjects  in  one  alphabet.  There  is  an  apx.  of  pub- 
lications of  learned  societies,  printing  clubs,  and 
other  literary  associations,  and  a  list  of  collections, 
libraries,  series,  etc. 

English  catalogue  of  books.  Index,  1837-90. 
4v.  O.    Lond.  Low,  1858-93.  015.42 

v.  1,  1837-55  (with  '56  and  '57  appended),  o.  p. ;  v.  2, 
1856-73  (42s.) ;  v.  3,  1874-80  (18s.)  ;  v.  4, 1881-90  (31s.  6d.). 

These  volumes,  which  have  been  discontinued,  com- 
prise an  alphabetical  subject  index  to  the  English 
catalogue. 

Annual 

English  catalogue  of  books  [annual], 
1837-1901.  v.  1-65,  O  &  Q.  Lond.  Low,  1837- 
1902.*     6s.  per  vol.  015.42 

Alphabetical  lists  continuing  the  English  catalogue 
of  books.  Contains  a  directory  of  English  publish- 
ers. 

Monthly 

The  Bookseller ;  a  newspaper  of  British 
and  foreign  literature,  published  monthly  since 
1858.    O.     Lond.  Whitaker,  1858-1902.     5s. 

015.42 

Includes  a  list  of  the  publications  of  the  month. 
There  is  also  a  quarterly  index. 

Weekly 

Publishers'  circular  and  booksellers'  record 
of  British  and  foreign  literature,  1837-1902. 
.  .  .  v.  1-73,0.  Lond.  Low,  1837-1902.  $1.75 
per  year.  015.42 

A  weekly  trade  journal,  including  a  list  of  publica- 
tions of  the  week,  with  an  index  of  subjects  and 
names  of  books  in  one  alphabet.  Contains  also  liter- 
ary news  and  a  few  reviews. 

Publishers 

Reference  catalogue  of  current  literature. 
2v.  O.    Lond.  Whitaker,  1898.   o.  p.    12s. 

015.42 

Catalogs  of  important  English  publishers,  giving 
the  full  titles  of  books  now  in  print  and  for  sale,  with 
their  prices.  An  index  of  upwards  of  100,000  refer- 
ences under  authors,  titles,  and  subjects  in  volume  1. 
Issued  about  every  five  years.  New  edition  in  prepa- 
ration. 

Auction 

Book-prices  current,  Dec.  1886-1901.  v.  1- 
15,0.  Lond.  Stock,  1888-1901*  27s.  per  year, 
(about  $100  for  complete  set.)  018.3 

Issued  monthly  and  yearly.  A  record  of  the  prices 
at  which  books  have  been  sold  at  English  auction 
sales,  arranged  chronologically  by  sales  with  an  au- 
*  Continued  annually. 


thor  index  to  each  volume.   Index  of  subjects  in  front 
of  each  volume  since  1896. 

Book-prices  current.  Index  to  the  first  ten 
volumes,  1887  to  1896,  constituting  a  reference 
list  of  subjects  and  incidentally  a  key  to  anony- 
mous and  pseudonymous  literature.  472  p.  O. 
Lond.  Stock,  1901.     $5.50.  018.3 

Book  sales;  record  of  the  most  important 
books  sold  at  auction  and  the  prices  realized. 
4v.  O.   Lond.  Bell,  1896-99.     15s.  per  vol. 

018.3 

Edited  by  Temple  Scott. 

The  titles  and  notes  are  fuller  than  in  the  preced- 
ing.   Discontinued. 

First  editions 

Slater,  John  Herbert.  Early  editions ;  a 
bibliographical  survey  of  the  works  of  some 
popular  modern  authors.  339  p.  O.  Lond. 
Paul,  1894.    $8.50.  015.42 

Gives  the  prices  of  books. 

For  bibliographical  information  consult  also 
Stephen's  Dictionary  of  national  biography 
and  Allibone's  Critical  dictionary  of  English 
literature. 

FRENCH 

Brunet,  Jacques  Charles.  Manuel  du  li- 
braire  et  de  1'amateur  de  livres.  .  .  .  Ed.  5  enl. 
6v.  Q.   Paris,  Didot,  1860-65.  on 

Described  under  General  Bibliography. 

Qugrard,  Joseph  Marie.  La  France  litte- 
raire  ;  ou,  Dictionnaire  bibliographique  des  sa- 
vants, historiens,  et  gens  de  lettres  de  la  France. 
.  .  .  12v.  O.   Paris,  1827-64.     o.  p.         015.44 

A  bibliography  of  French  authors  and  those  who 
have  written  in  French  during  the  18th  and  19th  cen- 
turies, with  critical  and  descriptive  remarks,  prices, 
and  some  biographical  information. 

v.  11-12  are  supplementary  volumes  with  additions, 
corrections,  etc. 

Que*rard,  Joseph  Marie,  and  others.  La 
litterature  francaise  contemporaine,  1827-49. 
6v.  O.   Paris,  1842-57.     o.  p.  015.44 

Together  about  $50. 

Continuation  of  the  preceding. 

Lorenz,  Otto  Henri.  Catalogue  general  de 
la  librairie  francaise,  1840-90  v.  1-13,  O.  Paris, 
Lorenz,  1867-96.     about  $125.  015.44 

v.  14  (1891-1900),  issuing  in  parts. 

v.  12-14  are  edited  by  D.  Jordell. 

The  Catalogue  ge'ne'ral  consists  of  author  and  sub- 
ject indexes  (separate  volumes)  of  French  publica- 
tions.   The  volumes  are  issued  about  every  ten  years. 

Annual 
Catalogue  annuel  de  la  librairie  francaise, 


FRENCH.    GERMAN 


71 


1893-98.  O.  Paris,  Jordell,  1893-98.     lOfr.  per 
vol.  015.44 

No  volume  published  for  1899. 

Continued  as  :  — 

Repertoire  bibliographique  de  la  librairie 
francaise,  1900.   O.  Paris,  Lamm,  1901.*  10  fr. 

015.44 
Monthly 

Repertoire  bibliographique  de  la  librairie 
francaise  is  an  alphabetical  subject  list  of 
French  publications  issued  monthly. 

Weekly 

Bibliographic  de  la  France;  ou,  Journal 
general  de  l'imprimerie  et  de  la  librairie.  v.  1- 
ser.  2,  v.  46,  D.  &  Q.  Paris,  Cercle  de  la  li- 
brairie, 1811-1902.    20fr.  per  year.  015.44 

Publishers 

LeSoudier,  Henri,  pub.  Bibliographic 
francaise.  .  .  .  Ed.  2  enl.  lOv.  O.  Paris,  Le 
Soudier,  1900.   $14.50.  015.44 

Collection  of  about  174  publishers'  catalogs,  corre- 
sponding to  the  Publishers'  trade  list  annual,  alpha- 
betically arranged  by  firm  names,  with  important 
author  and  subject  indexes.  About  125,000  titles  are 
listed. 

Auction 

Dauze,  Pierre.  Repertoire  des  ventes  pub- 
liques  cataloguees ;  index  biblio-iconogra- 
phique  .  .  .  Jan.  1894  au  sep.  1898.  5v.  Q. 
Paris,  Repertoire  des  ventes  publiques  cata- 
loguees, 1895-98.  30fr.  per  vol.  018.3 
A  review  of  French  book  sales  published  monthly 
and  yearly. 

GERMAN 

Kayser,  Christian  Gottlob.  .  .  .  Vollstan- 
diges  bucher-lexicon  .  .  .  1750-1898.  v.  1-30, 
Q.\Lpz.  Schumann,  1834-1900.   about  $80. 

015.43 
An  alphabetical  catalog  of  all  books  published  in 
Germany  from  1750,  giving  trade  information.   A  sup- 
plement appears  about  every  four  years. 

Tbera  are  subject  indexes  to  vols.  1-6  (1750-1832),  to 
vols.  27-28  (1891-94)  and  29-30  (1895-98). 

Heinsius,  Wilhelm.  Allgemeines  bilcher- 
lexicon,  1700-1892.  19v.  sq.  Q.  Lpz.  Brock- 
haus,  1812-94.  015.43 

No  more  published. 

Similar  in  scope  to  Kayser's  work.  v.  1-4  cover  from 
1700-1810;  supplements  were  issued  about  every  five 
years.    The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  by  authors. 

Georg,  Karl.  Schlagwort-katalog  ;  verzeich- 
nis  der  bilcher  und  landkarten  in  sachlicher 
anordnung,  1883-1897.    v.  1-3,  Q.    Hannover, 

*  Continued  annually. 


Lemmerman,    1889-1901.  v.   1-2,   57m.    v.   3, 
85m.  015.43 

v.  1,  1883-87;  V.  2,  1888-92;  v.  3, 1893-97. 
Entry  is  under  catchword  of  title,  making  a  subject 
list  arranged  alphabetically. 

Hinrichs,  J.  C. ,  pub.  Fiinf  jahrs-katalog  der 
im  deutschen  buchhandel  erschienenen  bilcher, 
zeitschriften,  landkarten,  etc. ;  titel  verzeichnis 
und  sachregister,  1851-1900.  v.  1-10,  Q.  Lpz. 
Hinrichs,  1857-1901.  015.43 

Complete  about  $75;  irregular  in  price;  v.  10  is 
100m. 

Semi-annual 

Hinrichs,  J.  C,  pub.  Verzeichnis  der  im 
deutschen  buchhandel  neu  erschienenen  und 
neu  aufgelegten  bucher,  landkarten,  zeitschrif- 
ten. D.  &  O.  Lpz.  Hinrichs,  1798-1902. 
7.50m.  015.43 

A  half-yearly  trade  catalog  of  all  books,  maps,  etc., 
published  in  Germany,  with  classified  index. 

Hinrichs  also  publishes  a  Vierteljahrs-katalog,  a 
Monats-register,  and  a  Wochentliches  verzeichnis. 


Monthly 

Allg-emeine     bibliographie. 
Brockhaus,  1901. 
Sent  to  book-buyers  post-free. 


O.    Lpz. 
015-43 


Weekly 

Wochentliches  verzeichnis  der  erschien- 
enen und  der  vorbereiteten  neuigkeiten  des 
deutschen  buchhandels.  O.  Lpz.  Hinrichs, 
1902.     10m.  015.43 

Daily 

BSrsenblatt  fur  den  deutschen  buchhandel 
(Lpz.  published  since  1834)  is  the  only  daily- 
trade  publication  in  any  country,  but  is  sold 
only  to  the  trade. 

Publishers 

Russell,  A.,  pub.  Gesammt-verlags-katalog. 
16v.  in  27,  Q.  Mttnster  in  Westf.  Russell, 
1881-93.    about  $40.  015.43 

Includes  the  publications  of  Germany,  Austria,  and 
Switzerland.  The  catalogs  are  arranged  according  to 
cities.    Now  somewhat  out  of  date. 

OTHER  COUNTRIES 

The  following  is  a  selection  of  national  bib- 
liographies of  importance  in  ascertaining  prices 
and  other  bibliographical  details  about  books 
published  in  several  other  countries  of  Europe. 
These  are  essential  to  a  large  library,  but  are 
not  usually  found  in  small  libraries:  Belgian  ; 


72 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 


Revue  bibliographique  beige,  is  a  monthly  re- 
cord published  since  1889  (Bruxelles,  Societe 
beige  de  librairie),  which  has  an  author  index 
to  each  yearly  volume.  Danish :  Dansk  bog- 
fortegnelse  (Kjob.  Gad)  1841-92  in  4 v.  (1841- 
58,  1859-68,  1869-80,  1881-92)  is  continued  by 
bi-monthly  numbers  with  an  annual  alphabeti- 
cal index.  Dutch  :  Brinkman's  Catalogus  der 
boeken,  plaat-  en  kaartwerken  die  .  .  .  1850  tot 
en  met  1891  (Amst.  Brinkman,  1884-93.  2v.)  is 
continued  yearly  by  Brinkman's  alphabetische 
lijst  van  boeken,  landkaarten  (Amst.  Brink- 
man),  and  by  the  monthly  Nederlandsche  bib- 
liographic Italian  :  Catalogo  collettivo  della 
libreria  italiana  (Milan,  Associazione  tipogra- 
fico-libraria  italiana)  consists  of  publishers'  cat- 
alogs bound  together.  The  last  volume  (v.  4.), 
published  in  1891,  is  in  two  parts,  the  second 
part  being  an  alphabetical  index.  Bibliografia 
italiana  (Milan,  Associazione  tipografico-libraria 
italiana),  of  which  1902  is  the  36th  year,  gives 
a  semi-monthly  record  of  Italian  publications 
and  is  a  republication  of  the  Bollettino  delle 
publicazioni  italiane  of  the  Biblioteca  nazionale 
centrale  di  Firenze.  Catalogo  generale  della 
libreria  italiana  dall'  anno  1847  a  tutto  il  1899 
is  an  important  contribution  to  Italian  biblio- 
graphy in  course  of  preparation,  of  which  pts. 
1-11  (A-D)  have  appeared  (Milan,  Associazione 
tipografica-libraria  italiana,  1900-01).  Norwe- 
gian :  Norsk  bog  fortegnelse  (1848-65,  1866- 
72,  1873-90.  3v.)  is  continued  by  the  Norsk 
bog  fortegnelse  annually.  Spanish  :  Boletin 
de  la  libreria  is  a  monthly  "record  issued  since 
1873  (Madrid,  Murillo).  Swedish  :  Svensk  bok- 
katalog  for  aren  1866-95  (Stockholm,  Svenska 
bokforlaggare-foreningen,  3v.)  is  continued 
yearly  by  the  Arskatalog  f5r  svenska  bok- 
handeln. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY     OF 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Petzholdt,  Julius.  Bibliotheca  biblio- 
graphica ;  kritisches  verzeichniss  der  das 
gesammtgebiet  der  bibliographic  betreffenden 
litteratur  des  in-  und  auslandes.  939  p.  O. 
Lpz.  Engelmann,  1866.    o.  p.  about  $2. 

016.01 

Tlie  most  important  work  of  its  kind,  complete  and 
accurate  up  to  the  date  of  its  publication.  It  is  well 
annotated,  and  gives  prices.  It  is  arranged  by  classes, 
with  author  index. 

Stein,   Henri.      Manuel    de   bibliographie 


generale ;  bibliotheca  bibliographica  nova. 
895  p.  O.     Paris,  Picard,  1897.    18  fr.      016.01 

Divisions  :  Universal  bibliographies,  national  bib- 
liographies, bibliographies  of  special  subjects.  Ap- 
pendixes contain :  (1)  A  list  of  places  which  have 
contained  printing  establishments  before  the  19th 
century,  (2)  List  of  periodical  indexes  in  all  languages, 
(3)  List  of  printed  catalogs  of  the  principal  libraries  in 
the  world. 

The  work  is  the  most  recent  important  bibliography 
of  bibliographies.  The  author  gives  critical  annota- 
tions of  many  of  the  titles.  There  is  an  index  of  sub- 
jects, but  unfortunately  none  of  authors. 

Langlois,  Charles  V.  Manuel  de  biblio- 
graphie historique.  239  p.  D.  Paris,  Hachette, 
1901.    $1.20.  016.9 

This  is  pt.  1,  Instruments  bibliographiques.  It  is  the 
intention  of  the  author  to  continue  the  work  in  a  sec- 
ond volume. 

This  edition  has  no  index.  The  1896  edition,  while 
not  so  full,  has  the  advantage  of  an  alphabetical  index. 

**  It  has  since  [its  first  appearance,  1896]  been  univer- 
sally recognized  as  one  of  the  most  useful  bibliographi- 
cal contributions  of  recent  years,  and  as  such  indis- 
pensable to  every  library.  Perhaps  the  most  important 
result  of  the  book  is  that  it  will  promote  the  systematic 
study  of  bibliography  in  connection  with  university 
instruction,  and  it  is  greatly  to  the  credit  of  M.  Lang- 
lois that  he  has  clearly  pointed  out  the  lines  upon 
which  this  study  should  be  conducted."  F.  J.  Teggart 
in  Lib.  jour.  26:407. 

Valle'e,  Leon.  Bibliographie  des  biblio- 
graphies. ...  773  p.  Q.    Paris,  t erquem,  1883. 

016.01 

Supplement.  354  p.  Q.  Paris,  Terquem, 

1887.    together  about  $10.  016.01 

Not  very  accurate.  Arranged  alphabetically  under 
authors,  with  index  of  subjects. 

British  museum  —  Library.  List  of  biblio- 
graphical works  in  the  reading-room.  Ed.  2. 
103  p.  O.   Lond.  1889.    o.  p.  016.01 

Contents  classified  as:  Bibliographies  of  biblio- 
graphies ;  Universal  bibliographies ;  Bibliographies  of 
countries ;  Bibliographies  of  special  subjects ;  Indexes 
to  periodicals. 

Guild,  Reuben  Aldredge.  Librarian's  man- 
ual; a  treatise  on  bibliography.  .  .  .  304  p.  il. 
sq.  O.    N.  Y.  Norton,  1858.     o.  p.  010 

Contains  a  descriptive  list  of  bibliographies,  p.  1-114, 
and  sketches  of  public  libraries. 

Josephson,  Aksel  Gustav  Salomon.  Bib- 
liographies of  bibliographies  chronologically 
arranged,  with  occasional  notes  and  an  index. 
45  p.  O.  Chic.  1901.  (Bibliographical  society 
of  Chicago.  Contributions  to  bibliography, 
no.  1.)    50  cts.  •  016.01 

Power,  John.  Handy  book  about  books. 
217  p.  il.  O.   Lond.  Wilson,  1870.     8s.  6d.   010 


SPECIAL  BIBLIOGRAPHIES  73 

Part  1  gives  a  brief  list  of  the  best  bibliographies  of  profession."    The  titles  of  the  books  are  annotated, 

all  countries.  giving  concise  descriptions  of  their  contents. 

Contains   also   much    interesting   information    on  Contained  also  in  his  Profession  of  bookselling,  v.  1. 

printing,  a  dictionary  of  terms,  and  useful  receipts.  N>   y.  (state)  — Library.     Selected  subject 

Sabin,    Joseph.     Bibliography    of    biblio-  bibliographies.   (Library  school  bulletins,  no.  5, 

graphy  ;  or,  A  handy  book  about  books  which  1899.    p.  221-265.)    5  cts.                          016.01 

relate  to  books.   .   .   .   150  p.  O.     N.  Y.  Sabin,  The  list  used  in  the  course  in  advanced  bibliography 

1877.     $1.50.                                                      O16.OI  in  the  N.  Y.  state  library  school.    Classified,  with  au- 
thor and  subject  indexes. 

An  alphabetical  list  of  the  most  important  biblio-  ;                .       .                           .. 

graphies  of  all  countries,  based  upon  Power's  Handy  Other  useful  works  of  this  kind  are :  the  list 

book  about  books.    Contains  critical  notices  of  some  of  special  bibliographies  in  the  Handbook  for 

of  the  books  mentioned.  readers   of   the   Boston   public  library  (1890, 

Caspar,  Charles  Nicholas.     List  of  prac-  p.  28-262) ;   the  lists   in   the    Bibliographical 

tical  bibliographies,   trade  and    library  cata-  contributions  of  Harvard  university    library 

logues,  etc.    (In  his  Directory  of  the  American  (nos.  20,  24,  29,  and  40);  one  in  the  American 

book  and  stationery  trade.    1889.  p.  1266-1299.)  catalogue  of  books,  1876,  subject  volume  ;  an- 

Growoll,  Adolf.     Bookseller's  library  and  other  in  Sonnenschein's  Best  books,  p.  702-709, 

how  to  use  it.     72  p.  D.    N.  Y.  Publishers'  and  in  his  Reader's  guide,  p.  534-542.     The 

weekly,  1891.     o.  p.                                   016.01  John  Crerar  library  is  publishing  a  List  of  bibli- 

__•    '         "    -  „  ,  .  .  ographies  of  special  subjects  covering  those 

The  obiect  of  this  excellent  little  manual  is  to  make        °       .      ,    .      .;  M     ,.  ..  .     .      .  ,t    . 

-a  guide  for  the  young  bookseller  to  the  more  impor-  contained   in  its   collection,    which   IS   full   in 

tant  and  practical  works  of  reference  necessary  in  his  science  and  the  useful  arts. 

SPECIAL   BIBLIOGRAPHIES 

A  special  bibliography  is  a  list  of  books  and  articles  on  some  particular  subject  or  author,  and 
may  include  all  or  a  selection  of  books  on  that  author  or  subject.  Books  of  this  kind  are  of 
much  assistance  in  guiding  the  student  to  the  best  authorities.  Of  special  importance  are  those 
with  annotations,  among  the  best  examples  of  which  are  the  bibliographies  published  by  the 
American  Library  Association,  selected  and  annotated  by  specialists.  In  many  libraries  special 
bibliographies  are  of  such  frequent  use  that  indexes  of  them  are  made  including  those  which 
appear  as  parts  of  books  and  in  library  bulletins.  It  is  well  to  keep  the  most  commonly  used 
bibliographies  near  the  catalog,  to  accustom  readers  to  their  use.  The  titles  of  such  books  as 
the  library  owns  may  be  starred  or  the  call  numbers  written  in  the  margins. 

Librarians  are  frequently  called  upon  to  prepare  special  bibliographies  (called  reading  lists, 
reference  lists,  etc.)  on  topics  of  general  interest.  These  are  often  printed  in  their  Bulletins  or 
issued  separately.  The  Monthly  bulletin  of  the  Providence  public  library  was  for  long  the  best- 
known  of  these  lists.  An  index  to  subject  bibliographies  in  library  bulletins  to  December  31, 
1897,  has  been  compiled  by  Mrs.  Alice  Newman  Nachtmann  and  published  in  the  State  library 
bulletins  of  bibliography  by  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York  (lOcts.),  while  the  Bulle- 
tin of  bibliography  published  by  the  Boston  book  company  contains  in  each  number  a  quar- 
terly index  to  reference  lists  published  by  libraries,  compiled  by  the  Providence  public  library. 

Many  authors  prepare  careful  lists  of  authorities  or  references  on  the  subjects  of  their  books, 
which  are  often  most  important  in  looking  up  the  literature  of  a  subject.  The  Annual  literary 
index  contains  a  list  of  the  special  bibliographies  of  each  year. 

The  Library  of  Congress  has  within  the  past  four  years  issued  some  special  bibliographies 
which  deserve  mention,  since  the  publication  of  these  has  become  one  of  the  features  of  its  Biblio- 
graphical division.  Many  of  these  are  on  subjects  of  current  interest  in  connection  with  the 
government  of  this  country.    Of  these  the  following  may  be  noticed  :  — 

Alaska  and  the  northwest  part  of  North  America,  1588-1898  ;  maps  in  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress.   (1898.) 

List  of  books  relating  to  Cuba,  with  bibliography  of  maps  (1898),  which  contains  also  a  list  of 
books  relating  to  Hawaii. 

List  of  books,  with  references  to  periodicals,  relating  to  the  theory  of  colonization,  govern- 
ment of  dependencies,  protectorates,  and  related  topics.    (1900.) 


74  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

List  of  books  and  of  articles  in  periodicals  relating  to  interoceanic  canal  and  railway  routes, 
with  a  bibliography  of  U.  S.  public  documents  relating  to  interoceanic  communication.    (1900.) 

List  of  books,  with  references  to  periodicals,  on  Porto  Rico.    (1901.) 

List  of  books,  with  references  to  periodicals,  on  the  Danish  West  Indies.    (1901.) 

List  of  books,  with  references  to  periodicals,  on  Samoa  and  Guam.    (1901.) 

List  of  books  relating  to  trusts.    (1902.) 

Bibliographies  of  special  subjects  are  in  this  manual  included  under  their  subjects  with  other 
reference  books,  e.  g.  a  bibliography  of  the  fine  arts  will  be  found  with  Cyclopedias  of  the  fine 
arts,  as  being  there  most  useful.  Only  a  few  of  the  most  important  and  commonly  used  biblio- 
graphies have  been  mentioned,  since  on  account  of  their  great  number  it  was  impracticable  to 
name  many  of  them. 

For  further  lists  of  subject  bibliographies  consult  the  New  York  state  library  bulletin  enti- 
tled Selected  subject  bibliographies,  1899(5  cts.),  which  embraces  a  number  of  titles  arranged  by 
classes;  also  the  lists  included  in  the  bibliographies  of  bibliography,  such  as  those  of  Stein, 
Vallee,  Petzholdt,  etc. 

For  the  use  of  college  students  and  specialists,  a  list  is  here  given  of  the  most  important 
annual  summaries  of  the  literature  of  special  subjects.  A  large  number  of  such  summaries  is 
issued  each  year,  especially  in  Germany  and  France.  The  following  list  is  a  selection  of  those 
in  most  general  use  in  a  reference  library.  Additional  titles  will  be  found  in  Stein's  Manuel  de 
bibliographic  generate.*  Astronomy:  Astronomisches  jahresbericht.  Biology:  L'annee  biolo- 
gique  ;  comptes  rendus  annuels  des  travaux  de  biologie  generate  (Paris,  since  1895).  Botany: 
Just's  botanischer  jahresbericht  (Berlin,  since  1873).  Chemistry :  Jahresbericht  uber  die  fort- 
schritte  der  chemie  (Giessen,  since  1861).  Classical  'philology :  Jahresbericht  liber  die  fort- 
schritte  der  classischen  altertumswissenschaft,  which  contains  an  annual  Bibliotheca  philologica 
classica,  also  issued  separately  (Berlin,  since  1873).  Education :  Educational  review  (N.  Y.  since 
1899),  contains  an  annual  bibliography.  Pedagogical  seminary  (Worcester,  since  1898),  contains 
a  bibliography  of  child  study  for  the  year.  Anzeiger  fur  die  neueste  padagogische  litteratur 
(Lpz.  since  1872).  Jahresberichte  iiber  das  hohere  schulwesen  (Berlin,  since  1886).  English 
language  and  literature:  Beiblatt  zur  Anglia;  mittheilungen  ilber  englische  sprache  und  lit- 
teratur und  liber  englischen  unterricht  (v.  13,  1902).  Geography:  Geographisches  jahrbuch 
(Gotha,  since  1866).  Petermann's  Mittheilungen  contains  an  important  annual  Geographischer 
litteratur-bericht  (Gotha).  Annales  de  geographic  (Paris,  since  1893),  contains  a  Bibliographic 
geographique  annuelle.  Geology :  Bibliographia  geologica,  repertoire  des  travaux  concernant 
les  sciences  geologiques.  Geologisches  centralblatt  (since  1901).  German  language :  Jahres- 
bericht iiber  die  erscheinungen  auf  clem  gebiete  der  germanischen  philologie,  herausg.  von 
der  Gesellschaft  fur  deutsche  philologie  in  Berlin  (Berlin,  since  1879).  German  literature  : 
Jahresberichte  fur  neuere  deutsche  litteraturgeschichte  (Stuttg.  since  1892).  History :  Jahres- 
bericht der  geschichtswissenschaft  (Berlin,  since  1878).  Law :  see  Political  science.  Mathe- 
matics :  Jahrbuch  iiber  die  fortschritte  der  mathematik  (Berlin,  since  1868).  Medicine:  Biblio- 
graphia medica (Paris,  Institut  de  bibliographic,  since  1900).  Music:  Hofmeister's  Yerzeichniss 
der  erschienenen  musikalien  auch  musikalischen  schriften  und  abbildungen  (Lpz.  since  1852). 
Oriental  studies :  Orientalische  bibliographic  (published  also  under  the  title  Oriental  bibliography, 
Lond.  Williams)  (Berlin,  since  1888).  Physics :  Fortschritte  der  physik  (Braunschweig,  since 
1845).  Political  science:  Mtihlbrecht's  Uebersicht  der  gesammten  staats-  und  rechtswissen- 
schaftlichen  litteratur  (Berlin,  since  1869).  Psychology:  Psychological  review  publishes  an 
annual  Psychological  index  (K  Y.  since  1894).  L'annee  psychologique  (Paris,  since  1894). 
Romance  languages:  Kritischer  jahresbericht  uber  die  fortschritte  der  romanischen  philologie 
(Miinchen,  since  1892).  Theology:  Theologischer  jahresbericht  (Braunschweig,  since  1882). 
American  journal  of  theology  issues  as  a  supplement  an  annual  classified  list  of  theological 
and  Semitic  literature.  Zoology :  Zoological  record  ;  being  records  of  zoological  literature 
(Lond.  since  1861).  Bibliographia  zoologica  ;  beiblatt  zum  zoologischem  anzeiger  (Lpz.  since 
1895)  is  published  as  a  volume  and  also  on  cards. 

*  Also  In  Langlois's  Manuel  de  bibliographic  historique,  1901,  p.  170-201. 


CHOICE  OF  BOOKS 


75 


CHOICE   OF  BOOKS 

Many  good  manuals  have  been  prepared 
which  give  hints  on  methods  and  courses  of 
reading.  These  are  often  suggestive  to  persons 
who  wish  to  pursue  some  definite  line  of  study 
or  reading,  without  knowing  how  to  do  so. 
Baldwin's  Book-lover,  Porter's  Books  and  read- 
ing, Harrison's  Choice  of  books,  Richardson's 
Choice  of  books,  Carlyle  On  the  choice  of  books, 
and  Emerson's  interesting  chapter  on  Books  in 
his  Society  and  solitude,  may  be  mentioned  as 
suggestive  aids  in  this  direction.  More  recent 
volumes  are  Koopman's  Mastery  of  books  and 
Spofford's  A  book  for  all  readers.  Other  help- 
ful aids  are  the  syllabi  with  bibliographies  pub- 
lished by  the  University  extension  society,  and 
some  of  those  published  by  the  University  ex- 
tension department  of  the  University  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 

Among  the  more  extensive  guides  for  the 
choice  of  books  are :  — 

Sonnenschein,  William  Swan.  Best  books ; 
a  reader's  guide  to  the  choice  of  the  best  avail- 
able books.  ...  Ed.  2.  1009  p.  sq.  Q.  N.  Y. 
Putnam,  1891.     $9.  on 

A  classified  list,  with  author  and  title  and  subject 
indexes,  of  50,000  of  the  best  books,  principally  in  Eng- 
lish, although  some  foreign  books  are  entered.  It 
includes  books  that  are  in  print;  a  few  out-of-print 
books  are  given.  The  price,  size,  publisher,  and  dates 
of  first  and  last  editions  are  given  with  a  brief  char- 
acterization of  some  of  the  books,  and  bibliographical 
notes.  The  very  best  books  on  each  subject  are  indi- 
cated by  stars. 

Reader's  guide  to  contemporary  litera- 
ture. 775  p.  sq.  Q.  Lond.  Sonnenschein,  1895. 
$7.50.  on 

The  first  supplement  to  Best  books.  Contains  a 
large  selection  of  the  best  contemporary  literature, 
classified  and  arranged  in  a  manner  similar  to  the 
preceding  volume. 

Sargant,  E.  B.,  and  Wishaw,  Bernhard. 
Guide  book  to  books.  344  p.  Q.  Lond.  Frowde, 
1891.   5s.  o.  p.  on 

An  alphabetical  list  of  some  of  the  best  books,  ar- 
ranged under  subjects  with  occasional  brief  explana- 
tory and  critical  notes.  The  books  are  mainly  confined 
to  those  in  English.  The  price,  size,  and  publisher 
are  mentioned.  There  is  an  index  of  authors  at  the 
end  of  the  volume. 

Perkins,  Frederick  Beecher.  Best  read- 
ing ;  hints  on  the  selection  of  books',  on  the 
formation  of  libraries,  public  and  private,  on 
courses  of  reading,  etc.,  with  a  classified  bib- 
liography for  easy  reference.  Ed.  4  rev.  and 
enl.    313  p.  D.   N.  Y.  Putnam,  [>  1877].      016 


Perkins,  Frederick  Beecher.  Best  read- 
ing ;  series  2-4 ;  a  priced  and  classified  bibliogra- 
phy for  easy  reference  of  the  more  important 
English  and  American  publications.  3v.  D. 
N.  Y.  Putnam,  1892-93.     $1.50.  016 

Edited  by  Lynds  E.  Jones. 

Now  somewhat  out  of  date. 

Leypoldt,  Augusta  Harriet,  and  lies, 
George.  List  of  books  for  girls  and  women 
and  their  clubs.  ...  161  p.  Q.  Bost.  Library 
bureau,  1895.    $1.  016 

A  classified  list  of  more  than  2000  selected  titles, 
with  notes  prepared  by  specialists.  •  The  annotations 
are  particularly  interesting.  One  of  the  best  of  the 
selected  lists.  The  title  of  the  book  is  misleading. 
The  list  is  equally  useful  for  boys  and  men. 

American  library  association.  Catalog  of 
"A.  L.  A.  library  ;  "  5000  volumes  for  a  popu- 
lar library,  selected  by  the  American  library 
association  and  shown  at  the  World's  Colum- 
bian exposition.  (U.  S.  Bureau  of  education.) 
592  p.  O.  Wash.  Government  printing  office, 
1893.     free.  017 

Classified  and  dictionary  catalogs. 

New  edition  in  preparation. 

Wisconsin  free  library  commission.  Sug- 
gestive list  of  books  for  a  small  library  recom- 
mended by  the  state  library  commissions  of 
Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Nebraska,  and 
Idaho.  43  p.  O.  Madison,  Wisconsin  free 
library  commission,  1902.     free.  028 

Its  aim  is  to  help  book  committees  in  small  libraries. 
A  classified  list.  Distributed  by  the  library  commis- 
sions named. 

As  aids  in  the  selection  of  new  books  may 
be  mentioned:  Fifty  best  books  for  a  village 
library,  issued  annually  by  the  New  York 
state  library,  and  Selection  from  the  best 
books  of  the  year,  with  notes,  by  the  same  in 
its  State  library  bulletins  (10  cts.). 

CHILDREN'S  READING 

Several  guides  tochildren's  books  have  been 
compiled,  and  many  libraries  have  issued  cata- 
logs of  their  well-selected  collections.  In  order 
to  make  these  important  lists  of  use  to  the  in- 
dividual library,  it  is  well  to  put  opposite  the 
titles  in  Sargent's  Reading  for  the  young  (or 
others)  the  call  numbers  of  books  when  they 
are  contained  in  the  library. 

Field,  Mrs.  E.  M.  The  child  and  his  book; 
some  account  of  the  history  and  progress  of 
children's  literature  in  England.  356  p.  il. 
pi.  D.    Lond.  Gardner,  1891.    6s.  028.5 

A  most  interesting  account  of  the  history  and  pro- 


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gress  of  children's  literature  in  England  to  1825.  Not 
a  bibliography,  but  helpful  in  the  understanding  of 
children's  books. 

Sargent,  John  Frederick.  Reading  for  the 
young;  a  classified  and  annotated  catalog. 
121  p.  Q.    Bost.  Library  bureau,  1890.    $1.  o.  p. 

028.5 

Supplement,  p.  125-225,  Q.  Bost.  Li- 
brary bureau,  1896.  $1.  028.5 
The  most  important  guide  to  children's  reading. 
The  notes  assist  in  the  selection  of  books.  References 
under  subjects  are  made  to  articles  in  the  periodicals 
for  young  people.  The  titles  are  graded  according  to 
the  age  to  which  they  are  adapted.  The  subject  index 
in  the  supplement  includes  the  original  edition  as 
well. 

Hardy,  George  E.  Five  hundred  books  for 
the  young.  Ed.  2.  94  p.  D.  N.  Y.  Scribner, 
1892.    50cts.  028.5 

A  graded  list,  with  brief  descriptions  of  the  books. 

Griswold,  William  Maccrillis.  Descrip- 
tive list  of  books  for  the  young.  175  p.  Q. 
Camb.  [Mass.]  Griswold,  1895.    $1.   pap. 

028.5 

Classified  list,  with  author  and  subject  indexes. 
The  titles  are  annotated,  with  critical  and  descriptive 
extracts  from  leading  reviews  such  as  the  Nation, 
Athenseum,  etc.    Not  always  a  safe  guide. 

Hewins,  Caroline  Maria.  Books  for  boys 
and  girls.  31  p.  Tt.  Bost.  Library  bureau,  1897. 
(A.  L.  A.  annotated  lists.)    10  cts.  028.5 

A  brief  list  prepared  as  a  help  in  buying  books,  for 
parents,  teachers,  and  the  smaller  libraries.  Anno- 
tated. 

Burt,  Mary  Elizabeth.  Literary  landmarks. 
...  156  p.  il.  pi.  D.  Bost.  Houghton,  1893. 
75  cts.  028.5 

Guide  to  good  reading  for  young  people.  Of  special 
interest  to  teachers.  Contains  chapters  on  theories  of 
children's  reading,  epigrammatic  literature,  works  of 
the  creative  imagination,  history,  biography,  etc.,  with 
a  list  of  books. 

Caller,  Mary  Alice.  Literary  guide  for 
home"  and  school.  205  p.  pi.  D.  N.  Y.  Merrill, 
1892.     $1.25.  028.5 

For  girls. 

Salmon,  Edward.  Juvenile  literature  as  it 
is.    243  p.  D.  Lond.  Drane,  1888.    6s.       028.5 

An  account  of  children's  literature  of  the  time  in 
England. 

LIBRARY  LISTS 

Buffalo  —  Public  library.  Class-room  li- 
braries for  public  schools,  listed  by  grades  ;  to 
which  is  added  a  list  of  books  suggested  for 
school  reference  libraries.  133  p.  O.  Buffalo, 
Public  library,  1902.     31  cts.  028.5 


"  The  chief  purpose  of  this  catalogue  is  to  help  the 
teacher  to  find  the  book  she  wants  to  use  in  her  work 
or  to  recommend  to  her  pupils.  It  has  been  arranged 
for  grammar  school  work,  with  special  attention  to 
American  history,  literature,  and  geography,  nature 
study,  holidays,  etc.  The  catalogue  does  not  pretend 
to  be  complete  or  exhaustive,  but  gives  under  each 
subject  heading  some  available  material,  including 
fiction  and  poetry."    Preface. 

Graded  list,  with  author-title  index,  and  an  alpha- 
betical subject  index. 

Carnegie  library  of  Pittsburgh.  Graded 
and  annotated  catalogue  of  books  for  the  use 
of  the  city  schools.  317  p.  O.  [Pittsburgh] 
Carnegie  library,  1900.     50  cts.  028.5 

An  admirable  list,  particularly  useful  on  account  of 
the  annotations. 

Cleveland  (O.)  — Public  library.  Refer- 
ences to  books  in  the  library,  intended  to  aid 
the  third  grade  teachers  of  the  Cleveland  pub- 
lic schools,  comp.  by  M.  H.  Prentice.  108  p.  O. 
Cleveland,  Public  library,  [*1898].  028.5 

Hartford  (Conn.)  —  Public  library.  Boys' 
and  girls'  books.  Ed.  2  enl.  103  p.  O.  Hartford, 
Case,  1895.  028.5 

N.  Y.  (state)  —  Library.  Class  list  of  a  $500 
library  recommended  for  schools,  p.  955-1032, 
O.  Alb.  Univ.  of  the  state  of  N.  Y.  1901. 
(Bulletin  ;  65.)     15  cts.  028.5 

Goss,  Harriet,  and  Baker,  G.  A.  A  com- 
plete comprehensive  index  and  dictionary  cata- 
logue to  the  first  27  volumes  of  St.  Nicholas, 
containing  20,000  references  arranged  analyti- 
cally, alphabetically,  and  classified.  234  p.  Q. 
Cleveland,  Cumulative,index  co.  [c  1901].    $4. 

J  051 

Of  great  value  in  finding  references  for  children. 


ANONYMS  AND  PSEUDONYMS 
AMERICAN  AND  ENGLISH 

Cushing,  William.  Anonyms  ;  a  diction- 
ary of  revealed  authorship  829  p.  O.  Camb. 
[Mass.]  Cushing,  1890.    $10.  014 

Gives  names  of  authors  of  anonymous  books,  English 
and  American,  with  index  of  names  at  end. 

Initials  and   pseudonyms;    a  dictionary 

of  revealed  disguises.   2v.  O.   N.  Y.  Crowell, 
[<•  1885-88.]    $8.  014 

English  and  American,  with  a  few  well-known  con- 
tinental names.  Each  series  in  two  parts ;  first,  initials 
followed  by  real  name,  second,  real  name  followed  by 
pseudonym  or  initials,  with  short  biographical  notices. 
Halkett,  Samuel,  and  Laing,  John.  Dic- 
tionary of  the  anonymous  and  pseudonymous 
literature  of  Great  Britain,  including  the  works 


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of  foreigners,  written  in  or  translated  into  the 
English  language.  4v.  Q.  Edin.  Patterson, 
1882-88.     $17.50.  014.2 

Strictly  alphabetical ;  the  author's  name  is  printed 
in  small  capitals  and  the  authority  in  italics.  There 
is  an  index  to  authors'  pseudonyms  and  an  index  of 
authors  in  vol.  4. 

A  list  of  authors  of  anonymous  and  pseu- 
donymous books  will  be  found  in  the  monthly 
numbers  of  the  Library  journal.  These  are 
also  indexed  in  its  annual  index. 

FRENCH 

Querard,  Joseph  Marie.  Supercheries  lit- 
teraires  devoilees.  ...  Ed.  2.  3v.  O.  Paris, 
Daffis,  1869-71.  014.4 

Pseudonyms  of  French  writers. 

Barbier,  Antoine  Alexandre.  Diction- 
naire  des  ouvrages  anonymes.  .  .  .  Ed.  3  enl. 
by  Olivier  Barbier,  Rene  and  Paul  Billard. 
4v.  O.     Paris,  Daffis,  1872-79.  014.4 

Supplements  the  Supercheries  devoilees  by  Querard. 

Includes  French  and  Latin  works,  with  historical 
and  critical  notes. 

Brunet,  Gustave.  Supplement  au  Diction- 
naire  des  ouvrages  anonymes  de  Barbier  et  aux 
Supercheries  litteraires  devoilees  de  Querard. 
v.  p.  Q.     Paris,  Fechoz,  1889.  014.4 

Other  books  of  anonymous  and  pseudony- 
mous literature  are:  Dutch:  Doorninck's  Ver- 
momde  en  naamlooze  schrijvers  (Leiden,  1883- 
85.  2v.  in  1).  English  :  Marchmont's  Concise 
handbook  of  ancient  and  modern  literature  is- 
sued either  anonymously,  under  pseudonyms, 
or  initials  (Lond.  1896).  German:  Weller's 
Index  pseudonymorum  ;  worterbuch  der  pseu- 
donymen,  oder  verzeichniss  aller  autoren,  die 
sich  falscher  namen  bedienten  (Lpz.  Ochme, 
1862).  In  the  preface  is  given  an  account  of 
books  on  the  pseudonymous  literature  of  vari- 
ous countries.  Italian :  Melzi's  Dizionario  di 
opere  anonime  e  pseudonime  di  scrittori  italiani 
(Milano,  Pirola,  1848-59.  3v.),  and  a  supple- 
mentary volume  (Aucona,  1887).  Scandina- 
vian: Collin's  Anonymer  og  pseudonymer 
(Kjeb.  1869)  and  Petersen's  Anonymer  og 
pseudonymer ;  den  norske  litteratur,  1678-1890 
(Kristiania,  1890). 

CHANGED  TITLES 

Whitney,  James  Lyman.  A  modern  Pro- 
teus ;  or,  A  list  of  books  published  under  more 
than  one  title.  106  p.  S.  N.  Y.  Leypoldt, 
1884.    o.  p.  016 


The  same  may  also  be  found  in  Lib.  jour.  8 :  172-193, 
and  in  the  American  library  association.  Papers  and 
proceedings.   1883.    p.  10-31. 

This  is  the  only  publication  of  the  kind,  and  is  still 
occasionally  useful.  Later  notices  of  books  published 
under  more  than  one  title  may  be  found  in  the  col- 
umns of  the  Library  journal. 

PERIODICALS 

Bibliographer;  a  [monthly]  journal  of 
book-lore.    6v.  Q.    Lond.  Stock,  1882-84. 

010.5 

Book-lore  ;  a  [monthly]  magazine  devoted 
to  old-time  literature,  Dec.  1884-Nov.  1887. 
6v.  il.  Q.     Lond.  Stock,  1885-87.  010.5 

Book-worm  [monthly].  5 v.  il.  Q.  Lond. 
1866-71.  010.5 

Bookworm  [monthly],  an  illustrated  trea- 
sury of  old-time  literature.  7v.  il.  O.  Lond. 
Stock,  1888-94.  010.5 

Bibliographica,  1895-97.  3v.  il.  pi.  F. 
Lond.  Paul,  1895-97.  010.5 

Philobiblion ;  a  monthly  bibliographical 
journal.  2v.  O.    N  Y.  Philes,  1862-63.    010.5 

Bibliographer,  1902.  v.  1,  O.  N.  Y.  Dodd, 
1902.   $5.  010.5 

The  above  are  useful  for  finding  information  about 
old  and  rare  books,  etc. 

LIBRARIES 

STATISTICS 

U.  S.  —  Bureau  of  education.  Public,  so- 
ciety, and  school  libraries,  p.  923-1165,  O. 
Wash.  Government  printing  office,  1901.  (Re- 
print of  chapter  from  the  report  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  education  for  1899-1900.)    free. 

027 
Under  each  state  is  given  a  list  of  libraries  contain- 
ing over  1000  volumes,  with  statistics  thereof. 

Richter,  P.  E.  Verzeichniss  der  bibliothe- 
lien  mit  gegen  50,000  und  mehr  banden.  2 v. 
in  1,  O.     Lpz.  Hedeler,  n.  d.     8m.  027 

Hedeler,  pub.  List  of  private  libraries.  2v. 
O.  Lpz.  Hedeler,  1897-98.  027 

SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS 

Lane,  William  Coolidge,  and  Bolton,  C: 
K.  Notes  on  special  collections  in  American 
libraries.  82  p.  O.  Camb.  [Mass.]  Library  of 
Harvard  univ.  1892.  (Harvard  university  — 
Library.  Bibliographical  contributions,  no. 
45.)  027 

A  list  of  special  collections  arranged  alphabetically 
by  places,  with  index  of  subjects. 

New  York  library  club.  Libraries  of  Greater 


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New  York;  manual  and  historical  sketch.  185  p. 
D.    K  Y.  1902.    H.  027 

Contains  besides  the  description  of  the  libraries  and 
their  special  collections,  an  alphabetical  index  to  these 
collections. 

LIBRARY  CATALOGS 

Printed  catalogs  of  libraries,  especially  of 
the  large  libraries,  are  among  the  useful  tools 
of  the  bibliographer  and  reference  librarian. 
Those  of  the  British  museum  and  Bibliotheque 
nationale  are  important  as  general  bibliogra- 
phies. 

Author  catalogs 

British  museum  —  Library.  Catalogue  of 
printed  books.  393  pts.  in  95v.  F.  Lond. 
Printed  by  Clowes,  1881-1900.     £84         01 8.1 

Supplement,    v.  1,  F.     Lond.  1900-01. 

v.  1  and  parts  to  Bruyne  have  been  published. 

France  —  Bibliotheque  nationale.  Cata- 
logue general  des  livres  imprimes.  Auteurs. 
v.  1-8,  O.  Paris,  Imprimerie  nationale,  1900- 
01.  018.1 

v.  8  to  Bauzon. 

Astor  library.  Catalogue  or  alphabetical 
index.     4v.  O.     K  Y.  1857-61.  018. 1 

Supplement ;  with  an  alphabetical  in- 
dex of  sub  j  ects.     605  p.  O.    N.  Y.  1866.  01 8.1 

Catalogue.    4v.  O.   Camb.  [Mass.]  1886- 

88.  018.1 

Faculty  of  advocates  —  Library.  Cata- 
logue of  the  printed  books.  7v.  Q.  Edin. 
Blackwood,  1857-79.  018. 1 

v.  7  is  a  Supplementary  volume. 

Brief  biographical  data  in  volume  one. 

Dictionary  catalogs 

Peabody  institute  of  the  city  of  Baltimore. 
Catalogue  of  the  library.  5v.  Q.  Bait.  1883-92. 
$25.  019. 1 

Second  catalogue,  including  the  addi- 
tions made  since  1882.  v.  1-5,  Q.  Bait.  1896- 
1901.     $5  per  vol.  01 9.1 

Full  in  the  line  of  analytical  and  tables  of  con- 
tents. 

Boston  Athenaeum  .library.  Catalogue. 
5v.  Q.     Bost.  1874-82.  in  sheets  $25.       019. 1 

Full  in  analytical. 

Detroit — Public  library.  General  cata- 
logue. .  .  .  1888.  2v.  Q.  Detroit,  Gulley, 
1889.     $2.50.  01 9. 1 

First  supplement,   1889-93.     898  p.  Q. 

Detroit,  Bornman,  1894.    $1.50.  019. 1 


Detroit  — Public  library.  General  cata- 
logue. Second  supplement,  1894-98.  860  p.  Q. 
Detroit,  Stone,  1899.     $1.50.  019. 1 

Annual  bulletins  are  also  issued. 
Other  dictionary  catalogs  of  smaller  libraries 
are  those  of  the  Cleveland  and  Grand  Rapids 
public  libraries. 

Classed  catalogs 

Milwaukee  —  Public  library.  Systematic 
catalogue,  with  alphabetical  author,  title,  and 
subject  indexes,  1885.  836  p.  pi.  Q.  Milwau- 
kee, 1885-86.     $3.50.  017. 1 

Quarterly  index  of  additions,  1886-1902. 

Q.     Milwaukee,  1888-1902.     $3.50.  017. 1 

Osterhout  free  library,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 
Class  catalogue  and  author  index.  432  p.  O. 
Wilkesbarre,  1889.  $1.  017. 1 

First  supplement,   1889-95.     457  p.  O. 

Wilkesbarre,  1895.     $1.  017. 1 

Brooklyn  library.  Analytical  and  classed 
catalogue;  authors,  titles,  and  subjects.  1110  p. 
F.    Brooklyn,  1881.    $5.  01 9.1 

Useful  for  its  analyticals. 

Another  good  subject  catalog  is:  — 

British  museum  —  Library.  Subject  index 
of  the  modern  works  added  to  the  library,  1880- 
95 ;  comp.  by  G.  K.  Fortescue.  3v.  Q.  Lond. 
1886-97.  019. 1 

V.  1,  1880-85  (o.  p.),  scarce  ;  v.  2,  1885-90  (£2);  v.  3, 
1891-95  (£2),  o.  p.    Arrangement  is  alphabetical. 

Good  examples  of  finding-lists  (which  are 
brief  catalogs  of  libraries)  are  those  of  the  Jersey 
City  public  library  (alphabetical) ;  Newark  pub- 
lic library  (classed  with  author  index) ;  Salem 
public  library  (classed  with  author  index); 
Scranton  public  library  (classed  with  author 
index) ;  Buffalo  public  library  (classed  with 
author  index). 

Some  library  catalogs  are  excellent  special 
bibliographies.  Such  are:  Catalogue  of  the 
Avery  architectural  library,  Columbia  univer- 
sity, the  Catalogue  of  the  books  relating  to 
architecture  of  the  Boston  public  library,  the 
Catalogue  of  the  Spanish  library  of  the  Boston 
public  library,  etc. 

THE  CARD  CATALOG 

Perhaps  it  may  be  worth  while  to  emphasize 
the  importance  of  using  a  card  catalog.  The 
young  student  in  college  or  in  school  should 
be  taught  at  an  early  period  the  general  prin- 
ciples of  classification  and  the  arrangement  and 
mode  of  entry  adopted  in  preparing  a  card 


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catalog  for  public  use.  He  should  understand 
how  to  look  up  a  subject  by  means  of  the 
catalog.  The  freedom  of  the  shelves  which 
is  granted  in  so  many  libraries  does  not  enable 
the  student  to  find  all  the  material  on  a  sub- 
ject. The  catalog  can  aid  him  by  means  of  its 
cross-references,  double  entries,  and  analytical 
references.  The  resources  of  the  library  on 
any  subject  cannot  be  thoroughly  exhausted 
until  the  catalog,  as  well  as  the  books  on  the 
shelves,  has  been  examined. 

BULLETINS 

The  bulletin,  usually  issued  monthly,  is  the 
best  way  a  library  has  to  keep  its  readers  in- 
formed of  additions  to  its  collection,  and  to 
supply  to  them  reading-lists  and  reference  lists 
as  well  as  other  interesting  matter  relating  to 
books  and  the  library.  The  expense  of  print- 
ing the  bulletin  has  kept  many  libraries  from 
using  it  for  these  purposes.  By  means  of  ad- 
vertisements, however,  the  expense  can  be 
greatly  reduced,  so  that  a  comparatively  large 
number  of  libraries  now  publish  bulletins. 
The  bulletin  is  useful  to  other  libraries,  espe- 
cially if  the  reference  list  is  one  of  its  features. 
The  Monthly  bulletin  of  the  Providence  public 
library  was  particularly  noted  for  its  reference 


lists  so  admirably  carried  out  by  Mr.  W.  E. 
Foster. 

Other  bulletins  are  :  Bulletin  of  the  Salem 
public  library  (monthly),  which  publishes  ex- 
cellent reading-lists  on  subjects  of  general 
interest;  those  of  the  Boston  public  library, 
the  New  York  public  library,  the  Carnegie 
library  of  Pittsburgh,  etc. 

LIBRARY  PERIODICALS 

The  two  American  library  periodicals  are 
the  Library  journal  (v.  1,  1876),  published 
monthly,  $5  per  year,  and  Public  libraries 
(v.  1,  1896),  ten  numbers  each  year,  $1  per  year. 
The  Library  journal  is  the  official  organ  of  the 
American  library  association,  the  full  set  of 
volumes  since  1876  forming  the  most  valuable 
source  of  information  relating  to  libraries.  The 
index  volume  (v.  1-22)  increases  its  usefulness. 
Public  libraries  is  devoted  especially  to  the 
interests  of  small  libraries,  and  is  representative 
of  library  interests  in  the  West. 

The  English  journals  are:  the  Library,  the 
Library  world,  the  Library  association  record, 
and  the  Library  assistant. 

Foreign  journals  are  the  Centralblatt  furbib- 
liothekswesen  in  Germany,  the  Rivista  delle 
bibliotheche  in  Italy. 


SUGGESTIVE  LIST  OF  100  REFERENCE  BOOKS 

The  selection  of  the  most  important  reference  books  for  a  small  library  is  often  difficult  to 
make,  depending  as  it  must  upon  the  amount  of  money  available,  which  often  is  too  limited  to 
buy  even  the  essential  works  of  reference.  While  the  selection  depends  also  upon  the  character 
of  the  library,  there  are  still  many  books  which  are  necessary  to  every  library.  No  library,  how- 
ever small  and  whatever  its  character,  can  be  complete  without  a  dictionary,  an  encyclopedia, 
an  atlas,  and  a  biographical  dictionary. 

To  assist  in  selecting  for  a  small  public  library,  a  suggestive  list  of  the  first  one  hundred 
reference  books  is  offered.  It  must  be  remembered,  as  stated  before,  that  these  books  can  often 
be  bought  for  less  than  the  published  price,  at  auction  or  second-hand.  Many  important  works 
of  reference  are  published  by  the  government  and  can  be  obtained  free,  e.  g.  the  Statistical 
abstract,  Census  reports,  Review  of  the  world's  commerce,  etc.  The  titles  aret  given  to  a  certain 
extent  in  the  order  of  usefulness  of  the  books.  It  is  comparatively  simple  to  mention  the  first 
ten  reference  books,  but  after  that  the  choice  becomes  more  and  more  difficult,  influenced  as 
the  librarian  must  be  by  the  desire  to  cover  as  many  subjects  as  possible.  The  personal  esti- 
mate of  a  reference  book  based  upon  experience  and  habit  will  always  influence  in  its  selection. 
Therefore  the  following  list  is  not  claimed  to  be  the  best  possible,  but  it  may  be  helpful  to 
some  who  find  difficulty  in  selecting  reference  books.  Other  lists  are  mentioned  in  the  list  of 
Books  and  articles  upon  reference  books  at  the  beginning  of  this  volume. 

American  reference  books  have  been  preferred  to  foreign  in  some  cases  where  the  foreign 
books  are  better,  but  it  is  thought  that  in  American  libraries  an  American  book  is  on  the  whole 
more  useful  where  only  one  book  on  a  subject  can  be  bought.  In  such  cases  as  the  gazetteer 
and  the  atlas,  the  information  in  foreign  works  is  not  sufficiently  full  in  American  names. 

1.  Dictionary  (the  Standard  or  Webster's  International) $15.00 

2.  Universal  cyclopedia  (or  Johnson's  —  the  new  edition  is  not  needed  in  a  small  library 

if  the  library  has  the  last  edition  of  Johnson's) 63.00 

The  best  of  the  completed  encyclopedias  for  a  small  library.    The  New  international  encyclopae- 
dia is  the  most  recent,  and  should  be  preferred  if  a  library  can  wait  for  its  completion. 

3.  Century  atlas  (Smith) 12.50 

4.  Lippincott's  biographical  dictionary  (Thomas).    The  one- volume  edition  can  be  ob- 

tained at  a  lower  price  than  the  latest  two-volume  edition  and  answers  all  pur- 
poses for  a  small  library 15.00 

5.  Lippincott's  gazetteer 8.00 

6.  World  almanac 40 

7.  Poole's  Index  (Abridged  edition) 12.00 

8.  Cumulative  index 5.00 

9.  Hoy t's  Cyclopedia  of  practical  quotations 6.00 

10.  Warner's  Library  of  the  world's  best  literature .90.00 

11.  Century  cyclopedia  of  names  (Smith) .  10.00 

12.  Bliss's  Encyclopedia  of  social  reform 7.50 

13.  Peck's  Harper's  dictionary  of  classical  antiquities .  6.00 

14.  Chambers's  Book  of  days 7.00 

15.  Who 's  who  in  America  (Leonard)        .        .        .        .    ■ 2.75 

W  16.  Riemann's  Dictionary  of  music 6.00 


SUGGESTIVE   LIST  OF  100  REFERENCE  BOOKS  81 

17.  International  year  book  (or  Appleton's  Annual) 4.00 

18.  Bible  (Riverside  parallel  or  any  other  edition) 5. CO 

19.  Allibone's  Critical  dictionary  of  English  literature      . 17.50 

W20.  Sargent's  Harper's  cyclopaedia  of  British  and  American  poetry 4.50 

21.  Brookings  &  Ringwalt's  Briefs  for  debate 1.25 

22.  Harper's  Book  of  facts  (Willsey) 8.00 

23.  Edgren's  French  and  English  dictionary 2.50 

24.  Fliigel's  English-German  &  German-English  dictionary 16.50 

25.  Larned's  History  for  ready  reference 30.00 

26.  Statesman's  year-book 3.00 

27.  Who's  who 1.75 

28.  M'Clintock  &  Strong's  Cyclopaedia  of  biblical,  theological  &  ecclesiastical  literature  60.00 

29.  "  A.  L.  A."  index  to  general  literature  (Fletcher) 10.00 

^  30.  Cooley's  Cyclopaedia  of  practical  receipts 9.00 

31.  Little's  Cyclopedia  of  classified  dates 10.00 

32.  Strong's  Exhaustive  concordance  of  the  Bible 6.00 

W  33.  Champlin's  Young  folks'  cyclopaedia  of  common  things 2.50 

W84.  Champlin's  Young  folks' cyclopaedia  of  persons  and  places 2.50 

W  35.  Champlin's  Young  folks'  cyclopaedia  of  literature  and  art 2.50 

36.  Champlin's  Young  folks' cyclopaedia  of  games  and  sports 2.50 

W  37.  Goss  and  Baker's  St.  Nicholas  index 4.00 

\V38.  Labberton's  Historical  atlas 1.25 

39.  Appleton's  Cyclopaedia  of  American  biography  (Wilson  &  Fiske)      .        .        .        .36.00 

40.  Larned's  Literature  of  American  history 6.00 

41.  Champlin  &  Perkins's  Cyclopedia  of  painters  and  painting 20.00 

42.  Leypoldt  &  Iles's  List  of  books  for  girls  and  women 1.00 

43.  American  library  association's  "A.  L.  A."  catalog free 

44.  Gaskell's  Compendium  of  forms  (or  Hill's  Business  manual) 4.00 

45.  Bartlett's  Familiar  quotations      .        .        .        . 3.00 

46.  Lewis  &  Short's  Harper's  Latin  dictionary 6.50 

47.  Liddell  &  Scott's  Greek-English  lexicon 10.00 

48.  Grove's  Dictionary  of  music  and  musicians 20.00 

49.  Fletcher  &  Bowker's  Annual  literary  index 3.50 

W  50.  Parsons's  Laws  of  business 3.75 

51.  Walsh's  Curiosities  of  popular  customs 3.50 

52.  Bartlett's  Dictionary  of  Americanisms 4.00 

53.  Tribune  almanac .        .        .        .     '  .  .25 

54.  Brewer's  Historic  note-book          .        .        .        .  - 3.50 

55.  Stedman  &  Hutchinson's  Library  of  American  literature .'33.00 

56.  Burke's  Peerage 12.00 

57.  Smith's  Dictionary  of  Greek  and  Roman  biography    .        .        .        .        .        .        .  18.00 

58.  Bartlett's  Concordance  to  Shakespeare 7.50 

59.  Lossing's  Harper's  popular  cyclopaedia  of  U.  S.  history  (or  Harper's  Encyclopaedia 

of  U.  S.  history  if  the  library  can  afford  it,  $31) 10.00 

60.  Sturgis's  Dictionary  of  architecture  and  building        . 18.00 

61.  Lalor's  Cyclopaedia  of  political  science,  etc. 15.00 

62.  Commercial  year-book 1.00 

63.  Appleton's  Cyclopaedia  of  applied  mechanics  and  Supplement 22.50 

64.  Congressional  directory  (U.  S.  Congress) 30 

65.  Century  dictionary  (Whitney) 60.00 

^  66.  Peet's  Who 's  the  author  ? 50 

67.  Bailey's  Cyclopedia  of  American  horticulture 20.00 


82  SUGGESTIVE  LIST  OF  100  REFERENCE  BOOKS 

68.  Velazquez's  Dictionary  of  the  Spanish  and  English  languages 6.00 

69.  Millhouse's  Italian  dictionary 5. 50 

70.  Hastings's  Dictionary  of  the  Bible  (or  Cheyne's)           .         .         .         .                 .         .  20.00 

w    71.  Smith's  Synonyms  discriminated 2.00 

72.  Julian's  Dictionary  of  hymnology 10.00 

73.  Newton's  Dictionary  of  birds       . 5.00 

W  74.  Dixon's  Mechanical  arts  simplified 2.50 

75.  Sturgis  &  -Krehbiel's  Annotated  bibliography  of  fine  arts    .        .        .        .        ...  1.00 

76.  Phyfe's  Five  thousand  facts  and  fancies      .        .        . 5.00 

77.  Wood's  Quotations  for  occasions         . 1.50 

W  78.  Mchol's  Tables  of  history  :  Ancient  and  European .         .3.75 

79.  Walsh's  Handy-book  of  literary  curiosities 3.50 

80.  Thorpe's  Dictionary  of  applied  chemistry 50.00 

W  81 1  Houston's  Dictionary  of  electrical  words     .        .        .        , 7.00 

82.  Chambers's  cyclopaedia  of  English  literature 15.00 

83.  Rothwell's  Mineral  industry 5.00 

84.  Rowell's  American  newspaper  directory  (or  Ayer's) 5.00 

85.  U.  S.  Census  bureau's  Compendium  (and  full  reports) free 

86.  U.  S.  Interior  department's  Official  register  (Blue  book) free 

87.  U.  S.  Documents  office's  "  Document  catalogue  " free 

88.  U.  S.  Documents  office's  Check -list free 

89.  Adams's  Manual  of  historical  literature 2.50 

W90.  Townsend's  U.  S 2.00 

91.  San  Francisco  free  public  library's  Classified  English  prose  fiction     ....  1.50 

92.  United  States  catalog  of  books 12.50 

93.  Publishers'  weekly       .        .        .        . 3.00 

94.  Publishers'  trade  list  annual         .        .         . 1.50 

95.  Reference  catalogue  of  current  literature 5.00 

96.  English  catalogue  annual 1.50' 

97.  Sonnenschein's  Best  books 9.00 

VV98.  Sonnenschein's  Reader's  guide ...        .        .        .7.50 

99.  Detroit  public  library's  Catalogue  and  Supplements  .                 5.50 

100.  Encyclopaedia  Britannica 145.00 


INDEX 


INDEX 


The  index  has  been  made  as  full  as  practicable  in  order  that  the  reference  books  may  be  more  readily  used 
by  persons  who  have  had  little  experience  in  looking  up  information  in  them.  It  includes,  besides  topics 
referred  to  in  the  text,  many  subjects  of  general  interest  to  be  found  in  the  books  of  reference  mentioned  in 
this  manual,  such  as  state  seals,  state  flowers,  coats  of  arms,  consuls,  election  returns,  etc. 

While  it  is  obviously  impossible  to  make  a  complete  analytical  index  to  the  contents  of  reference  books, 
there  are  still  a  number  of  subjects  which  it  is  convenient  to  locate  quickly,  and  which  are  difficult  to  find 
without  a  thorough  knowledge  of  these  books. 


A.  L.  A.  index.    See  Fletcher,  W :  I: 

56. 
Abbott,   E.  L.     Bibliography  in  a 

small  library,  6. 
Abbott,    Edwin.    Concordance    to 

Pope,  38. 
Abbreviations.    Fellows,  14:    Funk 

(Standard),  apx.  14;  Reddall,  35; 

Webster,  apx.  14 ;  Worcester,  apx. 

See  also  People's   cyclopedia, 

v.  4,  apx.  11. 
L'academie  royale  des  sciences,  des 

lettres  et  des  beaux-arts  de  Bel- 

gique.    Biographie  nationale,  43. 
Academies.    See  Societies,  59-60. 
Acrostics.    Bombaugh,  35  ;  Walsh, 

35. 
Adams,  C :  K.   Manual  of  historical 

literature,  50;    ed.,  see  .Universal 

cyclopaedia,  10. 
Adams,  E.  L.     Instruction  in  the 

use  of  reference  books,  6. 
Adams,  O.  F.     Brief  handbook  of 

English  authors,  44;    Dictionary 

of  American  authors,  44. 
Adams,  W :  D.    Dictionary  of  Eng- 
lish literature,  34. 
Adams,  W :  H.  D.    Concordance  to 

the  plays  of  Shakespeare,  38. 
Adeline,  Jules.    Art  dictionary,  31. 
Advocates,  Faculty  of.    See  Faculty 

of  advocates. 
Agriculture.    U.  S.  —  Dept.  of  agri- 
culture, 63;  U.  S.  —  Census  ofhce, 

24. 
Aids  and  guides,  6. 
Air-ships.    Appleton's  annual,  10; 

Iconographic    encyclopaedia,    11 ; 

International  year-book,  v.  5,  10, 

Alabama  —  bibliography.    Cole,  64; 

Owen,  64. 
Alaska  — bibliography.    Library  of 

Congress,  73. 
Aldine  press.     Renouard,  67. 
Aleksandrov,  A.  Complete  Russian- 
English  and  English-Russian  dic- 
tionary, 16. 
Alembert,  J.  Le  R.  d'.      Discours 

pr^liminaire  de  1'encyclopedie,  11. 

See  also  Encyclopedie,  L',  11. 

Allgemeine  bibliographic,  71. 
Allgemeine  deutsche  biographie,  43. 
Allgemeine  encyclopiidie  der  wis- 

senschaften     und    kiinste.      See 

Ersch  and  Gruber,  12. 
Allibone,  S :  A.    Critical  dictionary 

of  English  literature,  33,  43,  70; 

Great   authors   of    all    ages,   36; 

Poetical    quotations,   36 ;     Prose 

quotations,  36. 
Allusions.    Bombaugh,  35;  Brewer, 

35;   Edwards,   35;    Killikellv,  35; 

Phyfe,  35;  Reddall,  35;  Smith,  35; 


Southwick,  35 ;  Timbs,  35 ;  Walsh, 
35;  Wheeler,  35. 

Allusions.  See  also  Funk  (Stand- 
ard), apx.  14;  Notes  and  queries, 
34;  Webster,  apx.  14;  Worcester, 
apx.  14. 

historical.    Brewer,  50. 

Almanach  de  Gotha,  23,  47. 

Almanacs.  American  ephemeris, 
27;  Tribune  almanac,  23;  Whita- 
ker's  almanac,  23;  World  alma- 
nac, 23. 

Almanacs,  church,  20. 

Ambassadors.  See  Diplomatic  ser- 
vice. 

America  heraldica.  Vermont,  E.  de 
V.  46. 

American  and  English  encyclopae- 
dia of  law,  22. 

American  annual  of  photography, 
32. 

American  architect  and  building 
news.    Index,  54. 

American  art  annual.  Levy,  F.  N.  31 . 

American  bibliography.  American 
catalogue,  68;  Annual  American 
catalogue,  68;  Annual  American 
catalogue  cumulated,  68;  Cumu- 
lated index,  68;  Growoll,  67; 
Kelly,  68 ;  Monthly  cumulative 
book- index,  68;  Publishers'  trade 
list  annual,  69;  Publishers' 
weekly,  68;  Roorback,  68;  Sabin, 
67;  Triibner,  67;  U..  S.  —  Copy- 
rights office,  69. 

American  biography.  Brown,  42  ; 
Herringshaw,  42  ;  National,  42  ; 
Wilson  (Appleton's),  42. 

See  also  Harper's,  52;  Jame- 
son, 52 ;  Lossing,  52  ;  also  Contem- 
poraries —  American. 

American  book-prices  current,  69. 

American  catalogue  of  books,  63, 
64,  68,  73. 

American  church  almanac,  20. 

American  college  and  public  school 
directory,  25. 

American  cyclopaedia,  10. 

American  dictionary  of  printing 
and  book-making,  30. 

American  dramatists'  club.  The 
American  dramatists'  club  list,  40. 

American  economic  association. 
General  contents  and  index,  60. 

American  ephemeris  and  nautical 
almanac,  27. 

American  genealogist.  Munsell, 
Joel,  pub.  45. 

American  iron  and  steel  associa- 
tion. Directory  to  the  iron  and 
steel  works  of  the  U.  S.  30. 

American  journal  of  theology. 
Classified  list  of  theological  and 
Semitic  literature,  74. 

American  library  association.    An- 


notated lists,  73 :  Cornu  and  Beer, 
40;  Hewins,  76;  Larned,  52;  Ley- 
poldt  and  lies,  75;  Sturgis,  31  ; 
Catalog  of  "  A.  L.  A.  library,"  75; 
Portrait  index,  47. 

American  library  association  — 
Committee  on  foreign  documents. 
Partial  list  of  French  government 
serials,  64. 

Publishing  board.    Card  index 

to  technical  periodicals,  55. 

American  literature.  Anthologies: 
Duyckinck,  34  ;  Stedman  and 
Hutchinson,  34 ;  Criticism  of : 
Allibone,  33 ;  Moulton,  33 ;  Chro- 
nology of :  Whitcomb,  34. 

See  also  Chambers,  34 ;  Peet,  35. 

bibliography  of.   Hodgkins,  34  ; 

Welsh,  34. 

American  poetry.  Sargent,  36 ; 
Stedman,  36. 

American  revolution.  See  U.  S.  — 
history. 

American  society  of  mechanical 
engineers.  Contents  and  general 
index,  60. 

Americana.    Sabin,  67. 

Americanisms.  Bartlett,  15 ;  Fel- 
lows, 14;  Reddall,  35;  see  also 
People's  cyclopedia,  v.  4,  apx.  11. 

Americans.  See  American  biogra- 
pby. 

Ames,  A.  S.  Instruction  in  the  use 
of  reference  books,  6. 

Ames,  J :  G.  Comprehensive  index 
of  the  publications  of  the  U.  S. 
government,  62  ;  Special  report 
relating  to  public  documents,  61. 

See    also   U.    S.  —  Documents 

office,  62. 

Anagrams.    Walsh,  35. 

Ancient  biography.     Smith,  43. 

See  also  Classical  antiquities. 

Ancient  geography.    Smith,  49. 

Ancient  history.  Nichol,50;  Ploetz, 
50. 

See  also  Classical  antiquities. 

Ancient  literature.    Nichol,  50. 

See  also  Classical  antiquities. 

Andriie,  K.  T.  Andrews  allgemeiner 
hand-atlas,  49. 

Andrews,  C.  W.  Bibliography  of 
union  lists,  54. 

Anecdotes.    Arvine,  37. 

Anglia,  Beiblatt  zur,  74. 

Anglicised  words.     Fennell,  15. 

Anglo-Saxon  dictionary.  Bosworth, 
15-16;  Sweet,  16. 

Annales  de  geographic  Bibliogra- 
phic geographique  annuelle,  74. 

L'ann^e  biologique,  74. 

L'annee  psychologique,  74. 

Anniversaries.    World  almanac,  23. 

Annuaire  de  la  noblesse  de  France, 
47. 


INDEX 


Annuaire  de  la  noblesse  de  Russie, 
47. 

Annuaire  de  la  presse  francaise,  56. 

Annual  American  catalogue,  68. 

Annual  American  catalogue  cumu- 
lated, 68. 

Annual  cyclopaedia.  See  Appleton's 
annual  cyclopaedia,  10. 

Annual  literary  index.  Fletcher, 
W :  I :  and  Bowker,  R :  R.  53,  56. 

Annual  register,  51. 

Annuals.    See  Year-books. 

Annuario  della  nobilta  italiana,  47. 

Anonyms.  Book-prices  current. 
Index,  70  ;  Foley,  69. 

American.    Cushing,  76. 

Dutch.    Doorninck,  77. 

English.    Halkett  and   Laing, 

76-77;  Marchmont,  77. 

French.  Barbier,  77,  Brunet,  77. 

German.    Weller,  77. 

Italian.    Melzi,  77. 

Scandinavian.    Collin,  77  ;  Pet- 

tersen,  77. 

See    also    Notes    and   queries 

(index  vols.),  34. 

Anthologies.  Garnett,  33;  Haw- 
thorne, 33;  Mitchell  and  Lang,  33; 
Spofford  and  Gibbon,  33;  Warner, 
33. 

See  also  American  literature ; 

English  literature. 

— — poetical.  Bates,  36;  Bryant,  36; 
Coates,36;  Dana,  36;  Longfellow, 
36 ;  Sargent,  36 ;  Stedman,  36  ; 
Ward,  36  ;  Wilson,  36. 

Anthony's  photographic  bulletin. 
See  International  annual. 

Anthropology.  Iconographic  ency- 
clopaedia, v.  1, 11. 

Antiquities.  Brand,  26;  Chambers, 
26;  Hone,  26;  Walsh,  26. 

See  also  Archeology,  Classical 

antiquities,  Egyptian  archeology. 

Antonyms.  Fellows,  14,  15  ;  Fer- 
nald,  14. 

See  also  Funk  (Standard),  14. 

Anzeiger  fiir  die  neueste  padago- 
giscne  litteratur,  74. 

Appleton's  American  cyclopaedia. 
See  American  cyclopaedia,  10. 

Appleton's  annual  cyclopaedia,  10, 
23. 

Appleton's  cyclopaedia  of  American 
biography.  Wilson,  J.  G.,  and 
Fiske,  J :  42. 

Appleton's  cyclopedia  of  applied 
mechanics,  29. 

Apthorp,  W :  F.  See  Champlin,  J : 
D.,  jr.  32. 

Arabic  dictionary.    Steingass,  17. 

Arbor  day.  Appleton's  annual,  new 
ser.  12 :  765,  10  ;  Willsey,  11. 

Archeology.  Adeline,  31;  Icono- 
graphic encyclopaedia,  v.  2,  11  ; 
Mollett,  31. 

bibliography.  Columbia  uni- 
versity —  Library,  32. 

See  also  Classical  antiquities, 

Egyptian  archeology. 

Architects.    Clement,  44. 

See  also  Architectural  publica- 
tion society,  31 ;  Sturgis,  31. 

Architectural  publication  society. 
Dictionary  of  architecture,  31. 

Architecture  —  bibliography.  Bos- 
ton—  Public  library,  32  ;  Columbia 
university  —  Library,  32  ;  Farrar, 
31  ;  Gwilt,  31 ;  Sturgis,  31. 

See  also  Sturgis,  v.  4,  apx. 

31. 

chronology.    Perry,  32. 

dictionaries.  Architectural 

publication  society,  31 ;  Icono- 
graphic encyclopaedia,  v.  4,  11  ; 
Gwilt,  31;  Longfellow,  31 ;  Stur- 
gis, 31 ;  Viollet-le-Duc,  31. 


Architecture  —  glossaries.      Garn- 

sey,   31;    Gwilt,  p.   1201-1393,   31; 

Parker,  32. 
Areas  of  countries.    Lippincott,  48 ; 

World  almanac,  23. 
Arkansas,  bibliography  of.   Cole,  64. 
Armies.    World  almanac,  23. 
Armorial  bearings.     See  Coats  of 

arms. 
Arms  and  armor.    Mollett,  31. 
Army  officers.    Cullum,  44;  Powell, 

44  ;  Powell  and  Shippen,  44  ;  TJ.  S. 

—  Adjutant-general,  45;   U.  S. — 

Interior  dept.  Official  register,  22, 

45. 
Army  — U.  S.    Townsend,  52. 
Arnold,  T :    Catholic  dictionary,  19. 
Arskatalog    for    svenska    bokhan- 

deln,  72. 
Art  exhibitions.    Levy,  31. 
Art  for  the  year.    Annual  register, 

51. 
Art  galleries.  Baedeker,  50;  Carter, 

31 ;  Clement,  31 ;  Murray,  50. 

—  list  of.  People's  cyclopedia, 
v.  4,  apx.  11.  ; 

Art  sales.    Carter,  31 ;  Levy,  31. 

Art  schools.    Carter,  31;  Levy,  31. 

Artists.  Clement,  44;  Clement  and 
Hutton,  44. 

directory  of.    American  :  Levy, 

31;  English:  Carter,  31. 

See  also  Painters,  Engravers. 

Arts.    See  Fine  arts,  Useful  arts. 

Arvine,  Kazlitt.  Cyclopaedia  of 
anecdotes,  37. 

Association  of  engineering  socie- 
ties. Descriptive  index  of  cur- 
rent engineering  literature,  55. 

Associations,  25. 

Associazione  tipografico-libraria 
italiana,  72. 

Astor  library.    Catalogue,  78. 

Astronomical  maps.  Century  atlas, 
48  ;  Stieler,  49  ;  Times,  49. 

Astronomical  phenomena.  Ameri- 
can ephemens,  27. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23; 

Whitaker  almanac,  23;  World  al- 
manac, 23. 

Astronomisches  jahresbericht,  74. 

Astronomy  — bibliography  of.  As- 
tronomisches jahresbericht,  74. 

Athletics.     College   year-book,   26. 

records  for  the  vear.    Tribune 

almanac,  23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

Atlantic  monthly.    Index,  54. 

Atlases  —  American.  Bradley,  49; 
Cram,  49  ;  Funk,  14  ;  Rand  Mc- 
Nally  &  co.  48-19  ;  Scribner- 
Black,  49;   Smith's  Century,  48. 

English.       Bartholomew,     49  ; 

Johnston,  49  ;  Times,  49. 

list  of.    Mill,  49. 

German.  Andr£e,49;  Stieler,  49. 

See  also  Historical  atlases. 

Auction  prices  of  books.  American 
book-prices  current,  69;  Book- 
prices  current,  70  ;  Book  sales,  70 ; 
Dauze,  71. 

Australasian  words.    Morris,  15. 

Australia,  Year-book  of,  23. 

Austrian  bibliography.  See  German 
bibliography. 

Austrian  biography.    Wurzbach,  43. 

Authors.  Gidel  and  Loliee,  33 ; 
Gubernatis,  43  ;  Literary  year- 
book, 33  ;  Vapereau,  33  ;  Warner, 
33,43. 

American.     Adams,    44  ;    Alli- 

bone,  33,  43;  Duyckinck,  34;  Sted- 
man and  Hutchinson,  v.  11,  34. 

bibliographies  of.     Hodg- 

kins,  34;  Welsh,  34. 

English.    Adams,  44;   Adams, 

34;  Allibone,  43;  Chambers,  34; 
Sharp,  44. 


Authors  —  English  —  bibliographies 
of.    Hodgkins,  34  ;  Welsh,  34. 

German.        Bornmuller,      43 ; 

Deutscher  litteratur-kalender,  44. 

Authorship.  Peet,  35;  Wheeler's 
Who  wrote  it,  35. 

See  also  Adams,  34. 

Also  Anonyms,  Bibliographies, 

Library  catalogs. 

of  plays.    See  Dramas. 

of  poems.  See  Poems  —  author- 
ship of. 

Avery  architectural  library.  See 
Columbia  university  —  Library, 
32. 

Ayer  &  son,  N.  W.  American 
newspaper  annual,  56. 

Bache,  Franklin.  See  Wood,  G :  B., 
and  Bache,  Franklin,  28. 

Bacon,  Roger.    Opus  ma  jus,  9. 

Badges  and  decorations.  See  Deco- 
rations of  honor. 

Baedeker,  K.    Guide-books,  50. 

Bailey,  L.  H.  Cyclopedia  of  Ameri- 
can horticulture,  28. 

Bailey,  Nathan.  Universal  etymolo- 
gical English  dictionary,  13. 

Baird,  W:  R.  American  college 
fraternities,  26. 

Baker,  C.  A.  Reference  books  for  a 
small  library,  6. 

Baker,  G.  A.  See  Goss,  Harriet, 
and  Baker,  G.  A.  76. 

Baker,  Theodore.  Biographical  dic- 
tionary of  musicians,  44. 

Baldwin,  J.  M.  Dictionary  of  phi- 
losophy and  psychology,  18. 

Baldwin,  James.    Book-lover,  75. 

Ballads.  Duyckinck  (index),  34; 
Notes  and  queries  (index  vols.), 
34. 

Bankers.  Banker's  register,  45 ; 
Sharp  &  Alleman  co.'s  lawyers' 
and  bankers'  directory,  45. 

Banker's  register,  45. 

Banking.  Beeton,  24;  Commercial 
year-book,  24  ;  Manual  of  statis- 
tics, 24. 

Baptist  church.    Cathcart,  19. 

Barbier,  A.  A.  Dictionnaire  des 
ouvrages  anonymes,  77. 

Bardsley,  C:  W.  Dictionary  of 
English  and  Welsh  surnames,  47. 

Baronetage.  Burke's  Peerage,  46 ; 
Dod,  46;  Kelly,  46;  Whitaker, 
46. 

Barrere,  Albert,  and  Leland,  C:  G. 
Dictionary  of  slang,  jargon,  and 

Barrett,  W.  A.  See  Stainer,  Sir  J : 
and  Barrett,  W.  A.  32. 

Bartholomew,  J:  G:  International 
student's  atlas,  49;  Library  refer- 
ence atlas,  49. 

Bartlett,  J:  Familiar  quotations, 
36 ;  New  and  complete  concord- 
ance to  the  dramatic  works  of 
Shakespeare,  38. 

Bartlett,  J  :  R.  Dictionary  of  Amer- 
canisms,  15. 

Bates,  C.  F.  Cambridge  book  of 
poetry  and  song,  36. 

Bates,  K.  L.,  and  Godfrey,  L.  B. 
English  drama,  40. 

Battlefields.  Smith's  Century  atlas, 
48. 

Battles.  Brewer,  50  ;  Harper's  book 
of  facts,  apx.  11 ;  People's  cyclo- 
pedia, v.  4,  apx.  11. 

U.  S.  Powell,  44  ;  Harper's  en- 
cyclopaedia, 51. 

Bayle,  Pierre.  Dictionnaire  histo- 
rique  et  critique,  9. 

Baynes,  T:  S.  Shakespeare  studies, 
and  Essay  on  English  dictionaries, 


INDEX 


87 


Beer,  W :  See  Cornu,  Mme.  Sophie, 
and  Beer,  W :  40. 

Beeton,  S :  O.  Dictionary  of  indus- 
tries and  commerce,  24. 

Belgian  bibliography.  Revue  bib- 
liographique  beige,  72. 

Belgian  biography.  L'academie 
royale  des  sciences,  etc.  43. 

Belton,  J:  D.  Literary  manual  of 
foreign  quotations,  37. 

Benjamin,  Park.  Modern  mechan- 
ism, 29. 

Bent,  S :  A.  Familiar  short  sayings 
of  great  men,  37. 

Bequests.     See  Gifts  and  bequests. 

Berdoe,  E:  Browning  cyclopaedia, 
38. 

Bergen,  W.  von.  Rare  coin  encyclo- 
paedia, 25. 

Best  books.    Sonnenschein,  75. 

See  also  Choice  of  books,  75. 

Bible.  Riverside  parallel  edition, 
19. 

atlas.    Smith,  49. 

commentaries.      Briggs,       19; 

Lange,  19. 

concordances.       Cruden,     19; 

Strong,  19;  Young,  19. 

dictionaries.         Cheyne      and 

Black,  19;  Hastings,  19;  Smith 
and  Fuller,  19. 

Bibliografia  italiana,  72. 

Bibliographer,  77. 

Bibliographer's  manual  of  English 
literature.    Lowndes,  W :  T :  U9. 

Bibliographia  geologica,  74. 

Bibliographia  medica,  29,  74. 

Bibliographia  zoologica,  74. 

Bibliographica,  77. 

Bibliographie  de  la  France,  71. 

Bibliography,  65-79. 

Bibliography  —  definition,  65. 

early.    Campbell,  67;  Hain,  6G; 

Maittaire,  67  ;  Panzer,  67;  Pelle- 
chat,  67 ;  Proctor,  67  ;  Santander, 
67. 

See  also  Incunabula. 

general.   Brunet,  66  ;  Ebert,  C6; 

Georgi,  66  ;  Grasse,  66;  Quaritch, 
66 ;  Watt,  66. 

of    bibliography.       American 

catalogue,  1876,  apx.  68;  British 
museum,  72;  Caspar,  73;  Growoll, 
67,  73  ;  Guild,  72 ;  Josephson,  72 ; 
Langlois,  72;  Pctzholdt,  72;  Power, 
72;  Sabin,  73;  Stein,  72 ;  Vallee, 
72. 

periodicals.    Bibliographer,  77; 

Bibliographica,  77;  Book-lore,  77; 
Book- worm,  77;  Bookworm,  77; 
Philobiblion,  77. 

See  also  National,  Special  bib- 
liography; also  American,  Eng- 
lish, French,  German,  etc.,  also 
Catalogs  of  libraries. 

Bibliotheca  Americana.  Roorbach, 
O.  A.  68  ;  Sabin,  Joseph,  67. 

Bibliotheca  Britannica.  Watt,  Rob- 
ert, 66,  69. 

Bibliotheca  philologica.  See  Jah- 
resbericht  liber  die  fortschritte 
der  classischen  altertumswissen- 
schaft,  74. 

Bibliotheque  nationale.  See  France 
—  Bibliotheque  nationale,  78. 

Bigmore,  E:  C.  Bibliography  of 
printing,  30. 

Billings,  J:  S.,  and  others.  Na- 
tional medical  dictionary,  28. 

Bio-bibliographv.  Chevalier,  48; 
Oettinger,  48; 'Phillips,  41. 

Biographie  universelle.  See  Mi- 
chaud.  J.  F.  and  L.  G.  41. 

Biography  —  dictionaries.  Chal- 
mers, 41 ;  Chambers,  41 ;  Champ- 
lin,  11;  Heilprin,  50;  Hoefer,  41; 
Michaud,  41;  Morris;  42;  Oettin- 


ger, 41  ;  Phillips,  41  ;  Sanders,  41; 
Smith  (Century),  35,  41. 

Biography.  See  also  Webster,  apx. 
14 ;  Worcester,  apx.  14 ;  People's 
cyclopedia,  apx.  11 ;  also  Encyclo- 
pedias and  Dictionaries  of  special 
subjects. 

See   also   American,   Ancient, 

Canadian,  Christian,  English, 
French,  German, Italian, etc.;  also 
C  ontemporaries . 

Biological  terms.  -  Gould's  Illus- 
trated dictionary,  28. 

Biology.    L'annee  biologique,  74. 

Birds.    Newton,  27. 

Birthdays  of  noted  persons.  Cham- 
bers, 26  ;  Little's  Classified  dates, 
50. 

Birth-stones.    See  Gems. 

Bisbee,  M.  D.  Place  of  bibliography 
in  the  equipment  of  a  cultivated 
man,  65. 

Biscoe,  W.  S.  See  N.  Y.  (state)  —  Li- 
brary, 67. 

Bizonfy,  F.  English  -  Hungarian 
dictionary,  17. 

Bjbrkman,  C.  G.  Svensk-Engelsk 
ord  bok,  16. 

Black.    See  Scribner-Black,  49. 

Black,  J.  S.  See  Cheyne,  T.  K.,  and 
Black,  J.  S.  19. 

Blackie,  C.  Geographical  etymo- 
logy, 48. 

Blackstone,  Sir  W :  Commentaries 
on  the  laws  of  England,  22. 

Blades,  W:  Life. and  typography 
of  Caxton,  67. 

Blakely,  Bertha.  Library  helps  — 
indexes,  53. 

Bliss,  E.  M.  Encyclopaedia  of  mis- 
sions, 20. 

Bliss,  W:  D.  P.  Encyclopedia  of 
social  reform,  20. 

Blue  book,  45. 

Blue  book  (U.  S.),  22. 

Blue  book  of  American  shipping, 
25. 

Blunt,  J :  H :   Dictionary  of  sects,  19. 

Boase,  Frederick.  Modern  English 
biography,  43. 

Bbrsenblatt  fiir  den  deutschen 
buchhandel,  71. 

Bohemian  dictionary.     Mourek,  16. 

Bohn,  H:  G.  Hand-book  of  pro- 
verbs, 37 ;  Polyglot  of  foreign 
proverbs,  37. 

Boletin  de  la  librerfa,  72. 

Borland,  Simpson.  Encyclopedia  of 
founding,  30. 

Bollettino  delle  publicazioni  ita- 
liane,  72. 

Bolton,  C:  K  Library  examina- 
tions in  schools,  6. 

See  also  Lane,  W :  C.  and  Bol- 
ton, C:K.  77. 

Bolton,  H:  C.  Catalogue  of  scien- 
tific and  technical  periodicals,  55; 
Helps  for  cataloguers  of  serials, 
53;  Select  bibliography  of  chem- 
istry, 27. 

Bombaugh,  C :  C.  Gleanings  for  the 
curious,  35. 

Book  clubs.    Growoll,  59. 

Book  collectors.    Clegg,  33. 

Book  making.  American  diction- 
ary, 30. 

Book  of  days.  Chambers,  Robert, 
26. 

Book  reviews— index  to.  Cumula- 
tive index,  54. 

Book  sales,  70. 

See    also    Auction    prices    of 

books. 

Bookbinding.  American  diction- 
ary of  printing  and  book-making, 
30. 

Bookkeeping.    Gaskell,  24. 


Book-lore,  77. 

Book-prices  current,  70. 

Books  —  synopses  of  noted.  Warner, 
v.  30,  33. 

Bookseller,  70. 

Booksellers.  Clegg,  33 ;  Literary 
year-book,  33. 

Bookseller's  library.  See  Growoll, 
73. 

Book- worm,  77. 

Bornmuller,  Franz.  Biographisches 
schriftsteller-lexicon  der  gegen- 
wart,  43. 

Boston — Public  library.  Catalogue, 
63  ;  Catalogue  of  the  books  relat- 
ing to  architecture,  32,  78;  Cata- 
logue of  the  Spanish  library,  78 ; 
Chronological  index  to  historical 
fiction,  39 ;  Finding-list  of  genealo- 
gies, 45  ;  Handbook  for  readers 
—  List  of  bibliographies  in,  73 ; 
List  of  periodical  indexes  in,  54  ; 
Monthly  bulletin,  79. 

Boston  Athenaeum  library.  Cata- 
logue, 57,  63,  78. 

Boston  book  company.  Bulletin  of 
bibliography,  73. 

Bostwick,  A.  E.  Reference  work  in 
small  circulating  libraries,  6. 

See  also  Champlin,  J:  D.,  jr., 

and  Bostwick,  A.  E.  32. 

Bosworth,  Joseph.  Anglo-Saxon 
dictionary,  15, 16. 

Botanical  terms.  Crozier,  27 ;  Jack- 
son, 27. 

Botany.    Smith,  28. 

bibliography.    Just,  74. 

See  also  Horticulture. 

Bouvier,  J :  Bouvier's  law  diction- 
ary, 22. 

Bowen,  H.  C.  Descriptive  cata- 
logue of  historical  novels  and 
tales,  39. 

Bowker,  R :  R.  Bibliographical  en- 
deavors in  America,  65  ;  Publica- 
tions of  societies,  59 ;  State  publi- 
cations, 64;  United  States  govern- 
ment publications,  61. 

and  lies,  G :    Reader's  guide  in: 

economic,   social,    and    political 
science,  20,  21. 

See  also  American  catalogue, 

68  ;  Fletcher,  W :  I :  and  Bowker, 
R:  R.  53. 

Bradley's  Atlas  of  the  world,  49. 

Bradshaw,  J:  Concordance  to  Mil- 
ton, 38. 

Brand,  J:  Observations  on  the 
popular  antiquities  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, 26. 

Brande  and  Cox.  Dictionary  of 
science,  literature,  and  art,  11. 

Brannt,  W:  T.,  and  Wahl,  W:  H. 
Techno-che mical  receipt  book,  29. 

Brewer,  D.  J.  World's  best  ora- 
tions, 33. 

Brewer,  E.  C.  Dictionary  of  mira- 
cles, 20;  Dictionary  of  phrase  and 
fable,  35  ;  Historic  note-book,  50  ;; 
Reader's  handbook,  35. 

Briefs  for  debate.  Brookings,  W: 
Du  B.  57. 

Briggs,  C:  A.  International  criti- 
cal commentary,  19. 

Brightwell,  D.  B.  Concordance  to 
Tennvson,  38. 

Brinkman's  Catalogus  der  boeken, 
plaat-  en  kaartwerken  ;  Alphabe- 
tische  lijst  van  boeken,  72. 

Briticisms.    Fellows,  14. 

British  empire.    See  Great  Britain. 

British  essayists.    Index  to,  57. 

British  museum  —  Library.  Cata- 
logue of  books  printed  in  Eng- 
land, Scotland,  and  Ireland,  and 
books  printed  in  English  to  1640, 
69;  Catalogue  of  printed  books, 


88 


INDEX 


78 ;    Catalogue  of  printed  books : 
academies,     59  ;      Catalogue     of 

f»rinted  books:  periodical  pub- 
ications,  54  ;  List  of  bibliographi- 
cal works,  72  ;  List  of  the  books  of 
reference  in  the  reading-room,  6 ; 
Subject  index  of  the  modern 
works,  78.  See  also  Proctor,  Rob- 
ert, 67. 

Brockhaus,  F.  A.  Brockhaus's  con- 
versations-lexicon, 12. 

Brodrick,  M.,  and  Morton,  A.  A. 
Concise  dictionary  of  Egyptian 
archaeology,  51. 

Brookings,  W.  Du  B.,  and  Ringwalt, 
R.  C.    Briefs  for  debate,  57. 

Brooklyn  library.  Analytical  and 
classed  catalogue,  57,  78 ;  Refer- 
ence work  in,  7. 

Brooks,  R.  C.  Bibliography  of  mu- 
nicipal problems,  21. 

Brown,  Everit,  and  Strauss,  Albert. 
Dictionary  of  American  politics, 
21. 

Brown,  J.  D.  Biographical  diction- 
ary of  musicians,  44. 

Brown,  J :  H.  Cyclopedia  of  Ameri- 
can biography,  42. 

Browne,  W :  H.  Famous  women  of 
history,  45. 

Browning,  Robert,  dictionaries  of. 
Berdoe,  38;  Cooke,  38;  Molineux, 
38. 

Brunet,  Gustave.  Supplement  au 
Dictionnaire  des  ouvrages  ano- 
nymes  de  Barbier,  77. 

Brunet,  J.  C :  Manuel  du  libraire, 
66,  70. 

Bryan,  Michael.  Dictionary  of 
painters  and  engravers,  44. 

Bryant,  W:  C.  Family  library  of 
poetry  and  song,  36. 

Buffalo  — Public  library.  Author- 
title  catalogue  of  English  prose 
fiction,  40 ;  Class-room  libraries, 
76  ;  Finding-list,  78. 

Building— dictionaries.  Sturgis,  31. 

glossaries  of  terms.    Garnsey, 

31,32;  Parker,  32. 

See  also  Iconographic  encyclo- 
paedia, v.  5,  11. 

Buildings.  Baedeker,  50;  Long- 
fellow, 31  ;  Smith  (Century),  35. 

See  also  Allusions. 

Buisson,  Ferdinand.  Dictionnaire 
de  pedagogie  et  d' instruction 
primaire,  25. 

Bulletins.  Boston  —  Public  library, 
79;  Carnegie  library  of  Pitts- 
burgh, 79  ;  New  York  —  Public 
library,  79 ;  Salem  —  Public  li- 
brary, 79. 

Bure,  G.  F.  de.  Bibliographie  in- 
structive, 65. 

Burke,  Sir  Bernard.  Genealogical 
and  heraldic  dictionary  of  the 
peerage  and  baronetage,  46;  Gene- 
alogical history  of  the  extinct 
peerages,  46;  General  armory  of 
England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  and 
Wales,  46;  Landed  gentry,  46. 

Burnet,  P.  B.  See  Edgren,  H.,  and 
Burnet,  P.  B.  16. 

Burns,  Robert,  concordance  to. 
Reid,  38. 

Burt,  M.  E.  Literary  landmarks, 
76. 

Business  atlas.  Rand,  McNally  & 
co.  49. 

Business  directory,  45. 

Business  forms.  Gaskell,  24  ;  Hill, 
24  ;   Parsons,  22. 

Business  law.  Colange,  24  ;  Par- 
sons, 22. 

Byrne,  Oliver,  and  Spon,  Ernest. 
Spon's  dictionary  of  engineering, 


Cabinets  —  presidential.  Murlin, 
22;  Townsend,  52. 

See  also  Commercial  year- 
book, 24 ;  Harper's  encyclopaedia, 
v.  2,  51;  Lanman,  22;  Statistician 
and  economist,  23;  Tribune  al- 
manac, 23;  Wilson  and  Fiske  (Ap- 
pleton's),  v.  7,42 ;  World  almanac, 
23. 

Cable  lines.  Smith's  Century  atlas, 
48. 

Calendar.    Chambers,  26. 

for  ascertaining  the  day  of  the 

week.  Little,  apx.  (for  any  day 
of  Christian  era),  -50;  Townsend 
(1492-2000),  52;  World  almanac  (for 
200  years),  23. 

for  current  year.    Almanach  de 

Gotha,  23;  Tribune  almanac,  23; 
Whitaker,  23 ;  World  almanac,  23. 

French    republic.      Whitaker, 

1902,  p.  65,  23. 

Greek  and  Russian.    Almanach 

de  Gotha,  pref.  23;  World  alma- 
nac, 23. 

Jews  and  Mohammedans.  Al- 
manach de  Gotha,  pref.  23;  Trib- 
une almanac,  23  ;  World  almanac, 
23. 

Roman  and  Greek.    Whitaker, 

23. 

Calendars.  Funk  (Standard),  p.  267, 
14. 

California  university  —  Library. 
Contents-index,  57. 

Calisch,  I.  M.  Dictionary  of  the 
English  and  Dutch  languages,  16. 

Callahan,  E  :  W.  List  of  officers  of 
the  navy  of  the  U.  S.  45. 

Caller,  M.  A.  Literary  guide  for 
home  and  school,  76. 

Callier,  O.  See  Kierst,  W.,  and  Cal- 
lier,  O.  16. 

Cambridge  university  —  Library. 
Early  English  printed  books,  69. 

Campaigns  (U.  S.  army).  Powell's 
List,  44. 

Campbell,  F.  A.  G.  Annales  de  la 
typographic  neerlandaise,  67. 

Campbell,  Frank.  Theory  of  na- 
tional and  international  biblio- 
graphy, 65. 

Canada.  Canadian  year-book,  23  ; 
Hopkins,  52. 

Canadian  year-book,  23. 

Canadians.    Morgan,  42 ;  Rose,  42. 

Cant.    Barrere  and  Leland,  15. 

Card  catalog  —  its  value  and  im- 
portance, 78,  79. 

Card  indexes,  55. 

Carlyle,  T  :    Choice  of  books,  75. 

Carnegie  library  of  Pittsburgh. 
Bulletin,  79;  Card  index  to 
poems,  36 ;  Graded  and  annotated 
catalogue  of  books  for  the  use  of 
the  city  schools,  76. 

Carpets.    Cole,  30. 

Carter,  A.  C.  R.    The  year's  art,  31. 

Cartography.    See  Maps. 

Caspar,  C.  N.  Directory  of  the 
American  book  and  stationery 
trade,  67,  73. 

Cassell  &  co.  Domestic  dictionary, 
29. 

Cassell's  cyclopaedia  of  mechanics. 
Hasluck,  P.  N.  29. 

Catacombs.  Smith  and  Cheetham, 
19. 

Catalog.    See  Card  catalog. 

Catalogers'  reference  books  —  lists 
of.  Cutter,  6;  Hull,  7;  New  York 
(state)  —  Library,  7. 

for  serials.    Bolton,  53. 

Catalogo  collettivo  della  libreria 
italiana,  72. 

Catalogo  generale  della  libreria  ita- 
liana, 72. 


Catalogs    of    libraries.     Astor    li- 
brary, 78;  Boston  Athenaeum,  78 
British    museum  —  Library,     78 
Cleveland  —  Public    library,    78 
Detroit  —  Public      library,       78 
Faculty  of   advocates  —  Library! 
78 ;     France  —  Bibliotheque     na- 
tionale,  78;  Grand  Rapids  — Pub- 
lic library,  78 ;  Peabody  institute, 
78. 

lists  of.    Caspar,  73 ;  Stein,  72. 

Catalogue  annuel  de  la  librairie 
fran9aise,  70,  71. 

Catalogue  des  dissertations  et  ecrits 
academiques,  57. 

Catalogue  des  theses  et  ecrits 
academiques,  57. 

Cathcart,  W:  Baptist  encyclopae- 
dia, 19. 

Catholic  church.    Arnold,  19. 

Caxton  press.    Blades,  67. 

Celebrities.    Wale,  36. 

Celebrities  of  the  century.  San- 
ders, L.  C  :  41. 

Census.    U.  S.  —  Census  office,  24. 

bibliography.    Lunt,  63. 

tables,  1900.    International  year 

book,  1900,  apx.  10,  11;  U.  S. — 
Census  office,  24. 

Centralblatt  fur  bibliothekswesen, 
79. 

Century  atlas.     Smith,  B :  E.  48. 

Century  cyclopedia  of  names. 
Smith,  B  :  E.  35. 

Century  dictionary.  Whitney,  W: 
D.  14. 

Ceremonies.    Brand,  26. 

Chalmers,  Alexander.  General 
biographical  dictionary,  41. 

Chambers,  Ephraim.    Cyclopedia,  9. 

Chambers,  Robert.  Book  of  days, 
26. 

Chambers's  biographical  diction- 
ary, 41. 

Chambers's  concise  gazetteer  of  the 
world,  48. 

Chambers's  cyclopaedia  of  English 
literature,  34. 

Chambers's  encyclopaedia,  10. 

Champlin,  J  :  D.,  jr.  Young  folks' 
cyclopaedia  of  common  things, 
11;  Young  folks'  cyclopaedia  of 
literature  and  art,  33;  Young 
folks'  cyclopaedia  of  persons  and 
places,  11. 

and  Apthorp,  W :  F.  Cyclo- 
pedia of  music  and  musicians, 
32,  41. 

and   Bostwick,    A.    E.    Young 

folks'  cyclopaedia  of  games  and 
sports.  32. 

and  Perkins,  C:  C.    Cyclopedia 

of  painters  and  painting,  32,  41. 

Changed  titles.  Library  journal, 
77;  Whitney,  77. 

Channing,  E :  and  Hart,  A.  B. 
Guide  to  the  study  of  American 
history,  52;  indexes  to  public 
documents  in,  61. 

Characterizations,  Personal.  Sted- 
man  and  Hutchinson,  v.  11,  index, 
34;  Warner,  v.  30,  index,  33. 

Characters  in  fiction.  Wheeler,  35; 
Funk  (Standard),  apx.  14;  Web- 
ster, apx.  14;  Worcester,  apx.  14. 

See  also  Adams,  34;  Brewer,  35 ; 

New  international  encvclopaedia, 
10;  Smith  (Century),  35;  Pierce, 
38;  Rogers,  39. 

Chauvin,  Victor.  What  a  biblio- 
graphy should  be,  65. 

Cheetham,  S:  See  Smith,  Sir  W: 
and  Cheetham,  S :  18. 

Chemical  elements  —  tables  of. 
Funk,  p.  585,  14. 

Chemical  synonyms.  Hopkins,  apx. 


INDEX 


89 


Chemicals.    Bolland,  30. 

Chemistry.    Thorpe,  27  ;  Watts,  27. 

bibliography.    Bolton,  27. 

(annual)         Jahresbericht 

iiber  die  fortschritte  der  chemie, 
74. 

periodical    indexes.      Journal 

of  the  Society  of  chemical  in- 
dustry, 55. 

Chester,  A.  H.  Dictionary  of  the 
names  of  minerals,  30. 

Chevalier,  C.  U.  J.,  abbe".  Reper- 
toire des  sources  historiques  du 
moyen  age,  48. 

Cheyne,  T.  K.,  and  Black,  J.  S.  En- 
cyclopaedia biblica,  19. 

Chicago,  Bibliographical  society  of. 
Year-book,  65. 

Chicago  Daily  News.  Almanac, 
23. 

Child  study,  bibliography?  Peda- 
gogical seminary,  74. 

Children's  encyclopedias.  See 
Cbamplin,  J  :  D.,  jr. 

Children's  reading.  Buffalo  —  rub- 
he  library,  76  ;  Burt,  76 ;  Caller,  76; 
Carnegie  library,  76 ;  Cleveland  — 
Public  library,  76  ;  Field,  75;  Goss 
and  Baker,  76  ;  Griswold,  76 ; 
Hardy,  76;  Hartford,  76;  Hewins, 
76;  >ew  York  (state)  — Library, 
76;  Salmon,  76;  Sargent,  76. 

Chisholm,  G:  G.  "The  Times'" 
gazetteer,  48. 

Choice  of  books.  American  li- 
brary association,  75 ;  Baldwin,  75; 
Carlyle,  75;  Emerson,  75;  Harri- 
son, 75;  Koopman,  75;  Leypoldt 
and  lies,  75;  New  York  (state)  — 
Library,  75;  Perkins,  75;  Porter, 
75;  Richardson,  75;  Sargant  and 
"Wishaw,  75;  Sonnenschein,  75; 
Spofford,  75  ;  Wisconsin,  75. 

Christian  antiquities.  Smith  and 
Cheetham,  18. 

Christian  art  and  symbolism. 
Smith  and  Cheetham,  18. 

Christian  biography.  Smith  and 
Wace,  19.    See  also  Schaff,  19. 

Christian  doctrine.  Smith  and 
Wace,  19. 

Christian  names.  Webster,  apx. 
14 ;  Worcester,  apx.  14  ;  Funk 
(Standard),  apx.  14. 

list  of,  with  their  equivalents 

in  foreign  languages.  Thomas 
(Lippincott's),  apx..  41. 

See  also  Notes  and  queries  (in- 
dex vols.),  34. 

Christian  symbols.    Clement,  31. 

Christianity.    See  Religion. 

Christmas.  Chambers,  26;  Walsh, 
26. 

Christmas  games.  Champlin  and 
Bostwick,  32. 

Christy,  Robert.  Proverbs,  maxims, 
and  phrases  of  all  ages,  37. 

Chronology.    See  Dates,  History. 

Church  days.  World  almanac,  23; 
see  also  Church  almanacs. 

Church  history.    See  Religion. 

Church  of  England.  Clergy  list,  20 ; 
Official  year-book,  20 ;  see  also 
Whitaker's  almanac,  23. 

Churches.  See  Religious  denomina- 
tions. 

Cincinnati  — Public  library.  Cata- 
logue of  the  dramas  and  dramatic 
poems  contained  in,  40. 

Cities  — chief  events  in  history  of. 
Willsey,  11. 

areas  of.    World  almanac,  23. 

largest  of  the  world.     World 

almanac,  23. 

See  also  Industries,  Maps,  Nick- 
names, Plans,  Population. 

City  documents,  64. 


City  government  —  bibliography. 
Brooks,  21 ;  Gross,  21. 

Civil  engineering.  Byrne  and  Spon, 
29. 

Civil  service  directory,  45. 

Civil  service  year-book,  23. 

Civil  war  —  bibliography.   Kelly,  68. 

Clarke,  Mrs.  M.  V.  (Novello)  Cow- 
den-.  Complete  concordance  to 
Shakespeare,  38. 

Classical  antiquities.  Cornish,  51; 
Peck,  51;  Seyftert,  51 ;  Smith,  51. 

Classical  geography.  Peck,  51; 
Smith,  49. 

Classical     literature.       Peck,     51. 

See  also  Smith,  43. 

bibliography.    Engelmann,40  ; 

Mayor,  40. 

Classical  philology  —  bibliography. 
Jahresbericht  iiber  die  fort- 
schritte der  classischen  alter- 
tumswissenschaft,  74. 

Clegg,  James.  International  di- 
rectory of  second-hand  booksell- 
ers, 33. 

Clement,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Handbook  of 
Christian  symbols,  31 ;  Handbook 
of  legendary  and  mythological 
art,  31 ;  Painters,  sculptors,  archi- 
tects, engravers,  and  their  works, 
44. 

and  Hutton,  L.    Artists  of  the 

19th  century,  44. 

Clergy  list,  20. 

Clerical  directories.  Clergy  list,  20 ; 
Lloyd's  clerical  directory,  20. 

Cleveland  —  Public  library.  Cata- 
logue, 57,  78  ;  References  to  books 
in  the  library,  76. 

Clubs  —  London.  Who  's  who, 
pref .  43. 

See  also  Book  clubs,  Printing 

clubs,  Societies. 

Coates,  H:  T.  Fireside  encyclo- 
paedia of  poetrv,  36. 

Coats  of  arms  —  family — American. 
Yermont,  46. 

English.    Burke's  General 

armory,  46  ;  Burke's  Landed  gen- 
try, 46  ;  Burke's  Peerage,  46. 

foreign.    Rietstap,  47. 

national.     U.    S.  —  Bureau    of 

equipment,  47. 

See  also  Funk  (Standard) 

(colored  plate),  14  ;  Johnson's  uni- 
versal, 10 ;  Worcester  (colored 
plate),  14. 

of  cities  of  England.  Encyclo- 
paedia Britannica  (under  name  of 
city),  9,  10. 

of  U.  S.  and  states.    Harper's 

encyclopaedia,  51 ;  Preble,  47 : 
Webster,  14;  Worcester  (colored 
plate),  14. 

Coins  —  rare.    Bergen,  25  ;  Dye,  25. 

U.  S.    Townsend,  52. 

value    of    foreign,    in    U.    S. 

money.    See  Moneys  —  value  of. 

Cokayne,  G.  E.  Complete  peerage 
of  England,  Scotland,  Ireland, 
Great  Britain,  and  the  United 
Kingdom,  46. 

Colange,  A.  L.  de.  American  dic- 
tionary of  commerce,  24. 

Cole,  G:  S.  Encyclopedia  of  dry 
goods,  30. 

Cole,  G:  W.  American  biblio- 
graphy, general  and  local,  65. 

Cole's  Bibliography  of  the  statute 
law  of  the  southern  states,  pt.  1, 
Alabama,  pt.  2,  Arkansas,  64. 

College  cheers.  College  year-book, 
26. 

See  also  Townsend,  p.  455,  52  ; 

World  almanac,  1900,  23. 

College  colors.    College  year-book, 


College  colors.  See  also  World  al- 
manac, 1902,  23. 

College  degrees  —  list  of.  Funk, 
p.  482-483,  14. 

English.    Who 's  who,  pref.  43. 

College  fraternities.  Baird,  26  ; 
College  year-book,  26. 

See  also  Stevens,  25. 

College  instruction  in  bibliography. 
Course  in  bibliology  at  Dart- 
mouth college,  65;  Davis,  65; 
Dewey,  65;  Koopman,  65;  Little, 
65;  Professional  instruction  in,  65. 

College  year-book,  26. 

Colleges.  American  college  and 
public  school  directory,  25;  Col- 
lege year-book,  26 ;  Minerva,  25. 

See  also  World  almanac,  23. 

Collier,  J:  P.  Bibliographical  ac- 
count of  the  rarest  works  in  the 
English  language,  69. 

Collin,  E.  Anonymer  og  pseudo- 
nymer,  77. 

Colloquialisms.  See  Americanisms, 
Phrases,  Slang. 

Colonial  office  list,  23, 45. 

Colonial  societies.  See  Societies  — 
colonial. 

Colonies  —  bibliography.  Library 
of  Congress,  73. 

Colors  —  national.    Brewer,  35. 

state.    Preble,  47. 

symbolism  of.    Brewer,  35. 

Columbia  university  —  Library. 
Books  on  education,  26  ;  Cata- 
logue of  the  Avery  architectural 
library,  32,  78;  Reference  work 
in,  7. 

Comelati,  G.  See  Davenport,  J: 
and  Comelati,  G.  16. 

Commerce.  Beeton,  24;  Colange, 
24;  Commercial  year-book,  24  ; 
M'Culloch,  24;  U.  S.  — Bureau  of 
foreign  commerce,  24;  U.S. — 
Bureau  of  statistics,  24;  U.  S. 
—  Consuls,  63. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23. 

Commercial  law.    See  Business  law. 

Commercial  products.    Lock,  30. 

Commercial  year-book,  24. 

Communism.    See  Socialism,  21. 

Compounds  of  words.    Funk,  14. 

Conant,  T.  J.,  and  Conant,  Blan- 
dina.  See  American  cyclopaedia, 
10. 

Concordances.    Bible,  19. 

Burns,  Cowper,  Dante,  Homer, 

Milton,  Pope,  Shakspere,  Shelley, 
Tennyson,  38. 

poetical .    Durf ee ,  36. 

Confederate  constitution.  See  Con- 
stitutions —  U.  S. 

Confessions.    Schaff,  20. 

Congress  —  dates  of,  from  1  st.  Sta- 
tistician and  economist,  23. 

Congress,  Members  of.  See  Gov- 
ernment officials  — U.  S. 

Congressional  directory.  Poore,21; 
U.  S.  —  Congress,  22. 

Congressional  documents.  See 
U.  S.  — public  documents,  61-63. 

Conrad,  J.,  and  others,  ed.  See 
Handworterbuch  der  staatswis- 
senschaften,  21. 

Constellations  —  tables  of.  Funk, 
p.  403, 14. 

Constitutional  year-book,  23. 

Constitutions  —  England.  Low  and 
Pulling,  51. 

U.  S.    Townsend,  52. 

See  also  Harper's.  51 ;  Trib- 
une almanac,  23;  Brown  and 
Strauss,  21. 

various  nations.     Earned,  v.  1, 

50  ;  Larned,  v.  6,  50. 

Constructive  arts.  Iconographic 
encyclopaedia,  v.  5, 11. 


90 


INDEX 


Consular  reports.  See  U.S.—  Con- 
suls, 63. 

Consuls.  Almanach  de  Gotha,  23; 
Commercial  year-book,  24;  Trib- 
une almanac,  23  ;  U.  S.  —  Con- 
gress, 24  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

Contemporaries  —  American.  Leon- 
ard, 42. 

Canadian.    Morgan,  42. 

English.    Who  's  who,  43. 

French.    Vapereau,  42. 

general.    Plarr,  42 ;   Pratt,  42  ; 

Vapereau,  42. 

Contractions.    See  Abbreviations. 

Contracts.    Parsons,  22. 

Conventions.    See  Political  parties. 

Cooke,  G-:  W.  Guide-book  to 
Browning,  38. 

Cooley,  A.  J.  Cyclopaedia  of  prac- 
tical receipts,  29. 

Copyright  books.  U.  S.  —  Copy- 
rights office,  69. 

Copyright  law.  Parsons,  22  ;  Trib- 
une almanac,  23 ;  World  alma- 
nac, 23. 

Cornell  university  library.  Dante 
catalogue,  48. 

Cornish,  F.  W.  Concise  dictionary 
of  Greek  and  Roman  antiquities, 
51. 

Cornu,  Mme.  Sophie,  and  Beer,  W : 
List  of  French  fiction,  40. 

Corporations.  Manual  of  statis- 
tics, 24. 

Correspondence.  Gaskell,  24;  Hill, 
24. 

Costume.   Planch^,  26  ;  Racinet,  26. 

terms.    Mollett,  31. 

colored  plates.    See  also  Brock- 

haus,  12  ;  Larousse's  Le  nouveau 
Larousse,  11 ;  Meyer,  12. 

illustrations.         Encyclopaedia 

Britannica,  9,  10  ;  Icoriographic, 
v.  2, 11. 

Cotgreave,  Alfred.  Contents-sub- 
ject index,  57.  ' 

Countries  —  chronological  outline 
of  history  of.  Willsey  (Harper's), 

County  histories.    See  Genealogy. 

Course  in  bibliology  at  Dartmouth 
college,  65. 

Courses  of  reading.  See  Reading 
courses. 

Cowper,  William  —  concordance. 
Neve,  38. 

Cox.    See  Brande  and  Cox,  11. 

Crabb,  G:    English  synonymes,  14. 

Cram's  atlas  of  the  world,  49. 

Crandall,  F.  A.  See  U.  S.  —  Docu- 
ments office,  62. 

Creeds.    Schaff,  20. 

Crests  —  American.     Vermont,   46. 

English.    Fairbairn,  47. 

Criticisms.  Allibone,  33  ;  Moulton, 
33  ;  Warner,  33. 

Crops.    Commercial  year-book,  24. 

Crozier,  A.  A.  Dictionary  of  botani- 
cal terms,  27. 

Cruden,  Alexander.  Complete  con- 
cordance to  the  Holy  Scriptures, 
19. 

Cuba  —  bibliography.  Library  of 
Congress,  73. 

Cullum,  G :  W.  Biographical  regis- 
ter, 44. 

Culture.  Gooch,  51;  Iconographic 
encyclopaedia,  v.  2,  11. 

Cumberland's  British  theatre,  40. 

Cumulative  index  to  the  books  of 
1898-99,  1900,  1901,  68. 

Cumulative  index  to  a  selected  list 
of  periodicals,  53,  54. 

Cuntz,  T.  H.  See  Suplee^H:  H.,  and 
Cuntz,  T.  H.  55. 

Currency.  See  Monetary  systems, 
Moneys. 


Cushing,  W :  Anonyms,  76  ;  Ini- 
tials and  pseudonyms,  76. 

Customs.  Brand,  26;  Chambers,  26; 
Hone,  26  ;  Walsh,  26. 

See  also  Iconographic  encyclo- 
paedia, v.  2,  11 ;  Brewer,  50. 

See  also  Allusions. 

Cutter,  C:  A.^  Some  works  of  refer- 
ence as  aids  in  cataloguing,  6. 

Cyclopaedia  of  temperance  and  pro- 
hibition, 18. 

Cyclopedia  of  law  and  procedure, 
22. 

Dalbiac,  P.  H.  See  Harbottle,  T: 
B.,  and  Dalbiac,  P.  H.  37. 

Dana,  C:  A.  Household  book  of 
poetry,  36. 

ed.    See  American  cyclopaedia, 

10. 

Dana,  J :  C.    Reference  work,  6. 

Danish  bibliography.  Dansk  bog- 
fortegnelse,  72. 

Danish  dictionary.    Larsen,  16. 

Danish  West  Indies  —  bibliography. 
Library  of  Congress,  74. 

Danmarks  adels  aarbog,  47. 

Dansk  bogf ortegnelse,  72. 

Dante  Ahghieri  —  bibliography  of. 
Cornell  university  library,  48. 

concordance.  Fay,  38. 

dictionary.    Toynbee,  38. 

Darling,  James.  Cyclopaedia  biblio- 
graphica,  20. 

Dartmouth  college,  bibliography 
at,  65. 

Darton,  N.  H.  Catalogue  and  index 
of  contributions  to  North  Ameri- 
can geology,  27. 

Dates.     Haydn,  50  ;  Little,  50. 

See  also  Heilprin,  50. 

ecclesiastical.    Brewer,  20. 

of  events  of  each  year.  Fletcher 

and  Bowker,  53. 

of  first  things  in  U.  S.  history. 

Townsend,  p.  446-449,  52. 

Dauze,  Pierre.  Repertoire  des 
ventes  publiques  cataloguees,  71. 

Davenport,  J:  and  Comelati,  G. 
New  dictionary  of  the  Italian  and 
English  languages,  16. 

Davies,  C :  and  Peck,  W :  G.  Mathe- 
matical dictionary,  27. 

Davis,  R.  C.  Teaching  biblio- 
graphy in  colleges,  65. 

Day  of  week  — how  to  find.  See 
Calendar. 

Days.  Chambers,  26  ;  Hone,  26  ; 
Reddall,  35. 

sacred.    Smith  and  Cheetham, 

19. 

Deaths.  See  Mortality  statistics ; 
Obituaries. 

Debates.  Brookings  and  Ringwalt, 
57;   Matson,  57. 

Debts  of  nations.  See  National 
debts. 

Declaration  of  independence.  Har- 
per's encyclopaedia,  v.  3, 51;  Sted- 
man  and  Hutchinson,  v.  3,  34 ; 
Townsend,  52. 

Decoration  day.    See  Memorial  day. 

Decorations  of  honor  (plates). 
Fnnk,  p.  476,  14. 

Decorative  arts  —  bibliography. 
Columbia  university  —  Library, 
32;  Sturgis,  31. 

Degrees.    See  College  degrees. 

Deity  —  names  of,  in  various 
tongues.  Statistician  and  econo- 
mist, 1899-1900,  23. 

Deltour,  F.  See  Mourier,  Athenais, 
and  Deltour,  F.  57. 

Depository  libraries,  62. 

Detroit  — Public  library.  General 
catalogue,  78. 

Deutscher    litteratur-kalender,  44. 


Dewey,  Melvil.  Bibliography  in 
colleges,  65. 

Dialects  —  English.  Wright's  Dic- 
tionary of  obsolete  English,  15; 
Wright's  English  dialect  diction- 
ary, 15. 

Dialogs.    Werner,  36. 

Diccionario  enciclopedico  hispano- 
americano,  12. 

Dickens,  Charles  —  dictionary  of. 
Pierce, 38. 

Dictionaries.  See  English,  French, 
German,  Italian,  Spanish,  Portu- 
guese, Dutch,  Swedish,  Danish- 
Norwegian,  Russian,  Polish,  Bo- 
hemian, Hungarian,  Greek,  Mod- 
ern Greek,  Latin,  Sanskrit,  He- 
brew, Arabic. 

bibliography  of.    Trubner,  13. 

of  subjects.  See  Names  of  sub- 
jects. 

Diderot,  Denis.  See  Encyclopedic, 
L\  11. 

Dietrich,  F.  Bibliographic  der 
deutschen  zeitschriften  littera- 
tur,  54. 

Dinners  —  quotations  for.  Wood, 
37. 

Diplomatic  service.  Almanach  de 
Gotha,  23;  Tribune  almanac-  23; 
World  almanac,  23;  Statistician 
and  economist,  23. 

to  1876  (U.  S.).    Lanman,  22. 

Directories,  45. 

Discoverer's  routes.  Smith's  Cen- 
tury atlas,  48. 

Diseases.  Quain,  28;  Stille\  28; 
Wood,  28. 

Dispensatories.  Stille\  28 ;  Wood,  28. 

Disputed  spellings.    See  Spellings. 

Dissertations  —  France.  Mourier 
and  Deltour,  57. 

Germany.     Fock,  58 ;    Jahres- 

verzeichniss  der  an  den  deutschen 
schulanstalten,  etc..  58;  Jahres- 
verzeichniss  der  an  den  deutschen 
universitaten,  etc.,  57  ;  Kluss- 
mann,  58 ;  Verzeichnis  der  ber- 
liner  universitatsschriften,  58. 

Sweden  and  Finland.  Joseph- 
son,  58. 

Switzerland.      Jahresverzeieh- 

nis  der  schweizerischen  universi- 
tatsschriften, 58. 

Divines.    Schaff,  18. 

Dixon,  D.  B.  Mechanical  arts  sim- 
plified, 29. 

Dixson,  Mrs.  Zella  Allen.  Compre- 
hensive subject  index  to  uni- 
versal prose  fiction,  39. 

Dod,  R.  P.  Peerage,  baronetage, 
and  knightage,  46. 

Dodsley,  Robert.    Old  plays,  40. 

Domestic  science.  Cassell,  29; 
Goodholme,  29. 

bibliography.     Shaw,  29. 

Doorninck,  J.  I.  van.  Yermomde 
en  naamlooze  schrijvers.  77. 

Dowson,  J :  Classical  dictionary  of 
Hindu  mythology,  20. 

Doyle,  J.  E.  Official  baronage  of 
England,  46. 

Dramas  —  authorship  of.  Ameri- 
can dramatists'  club,  40;  Bates 
and  Godfrey,  40;  Cincinnati  — 
Public  library,  40;  Milwaukee  — 
Public  library,  40  ;  Peabody  insti- 
tute library,  40. 

See  also  Brewer,  35. 

Dress.    See  Costume.  Garments. 

Drugs.  National  convention  for 
revising  the  Pharmacopoeia,  28; 
Stille,  28;  Wood,  28. 

Dry  goods.    Cole,  30. 

Duane,  Alexander.  Dictionary  of 
medicine  and  the  allied  sciences, 


INDEX 


91 


Dunbar,  H:  Complete  concordance 
to  Homer,  38. 

Dunglison,  Robley.  Dictionary  of 
medical  science,  28. 

Durfee,  C:  A.  Concise  poetical 
concordance,  36. 

Durrie,  D.  S.  See  Munsell,  Joel, 
pub.  46. 

Dutch  bibliography.    Brinkman,  72. 

Dutch  dictionary.    Calisch,  16. 

Duyckinck,  E.  A.,  and  G :  L.  Cyclo- 
paedia of  American  literature,  34. 

Dye,  J :  S.  Dye's  coin  encyclopaedia, 
25. 

Dyeing.    Cole,  30;  Hopkins,  29. 

Easter.    Walsh,  26. 

dates    of,    for    20th    century. 

Whitaker,  23 ;  World  almanac, 
23. 

Ebert,  F.  A.  General  bibliographi- 
cal dictionary,  66. 

Ecclesiastical  history.  See  Reli- 
gion. 

Economics.  Bliss,  20;  Handworter- 
buch,  21;  Lalor,  21;  Palgrave,  21. 

bibliography.  Bowker  and  lies, 

20,  21. 

periodical     indexes.       Jones, 

V.  2,  22,  54. 

references*    for     debates     in. 

Brookings  and  Kingwalt,  57 ;  Mat- 
son,  57. 

society  publications.  Ameri- 
can economic  association,  60. 

Edgren,  H.,  and  Burnet,  P.  B. 
French  and  English  dictionary, 
16. 

Editions.    See  First  editions. 

Editors  of  newspapers  and  periodi- 
cals.   Ayer,  56  ;  Rowell,  56. 

Education.  U.  S.  —  Bureau  of  edu- 
cation, 63. 

bibliography.  American  edu- 
cational catalogue,  26  ;  Colum- 
bia university  —  Library,  26  ; 
Fletcher,  apx.  25  ;  Hall,  26  ;  Mon- 
roe, 26  ;  Publishers'  weekly  (July 
no.),  26,  69. 

bibliography  (annual).    Anzei- 

fjer  fllr  die  neueste  piidagogische 
itteratur,  74  ;  Educational  re- 
view, 74 ;  Jahresberichte  iiber 
das  hohere  schulwesen,  74;  Peda- 
gogical seminary,  74. 

dictionaries.        Buisson,     25  ; 

Fletcher,  25;  Kiddle  and  Schem, 
25;  Schmid,25. 

society  publications.    National 

educational  association,  60. 

statistics.    U.   S.  —  Bureau  of 

education,  25. 

year-books.     American  college 

and  public  school  directory,  25 ; 
Minerva,  25. 

See  also  Colleges,  Schools,  Uni- 
versities. 

Educational  review.  Bibliography 
of  education,  74. 

Edwards,  Eliezer.  Words,  facts, 
and  phrases,  35. 

Edwards,  Tryon.  Dictionary  of 
thoughts,  37. 

Eger,  Gustav.  Technological  dic- 
tionary, 27. 

Egyptian  archeology.  Brodrick  and 
Morton,  51. 

Election  returns.    McKee,  21. 

See  also  Statistician  and  econ- 
omist, 23;  Tribune  almanac,  23; 
World  almanac,  23. 

Electrical  world.  Index  to  articles, 
55. 

Electrical  world  and  engineer.  Di- 
gest of  current  electrical  litera- 
ture, 55. 

Electricity.    Foster,  29,  30. 


•bibliography. 
'   ;,  31. 


Houston,    27  ; 


Electricity 
korn  and  Heise 

dictionaries. 

Sloane,  27. 

periodical  indexes.    Electrical 

world,  55;  Electrical  world  and 
engineer,  55. 

Ellis,  Elizabeth.  Instruction  of 
school  children  in  the  use  of  re- 
ference books,  6. 

Ellis,  F.  S.  Lexical  concordance  to 
Shelley,  38. 

Elocutionists.    Werner,  36. 

Elzevir  press.    Willem,  67. 

Embassies  and  legations.  See  Diplo- 
matic service. 

Emerson,  R.  W.    Books,  75. 

Encyclopaedia  Americana,  10. 

Encyclopaedia  Britannica  and  Sup- 
plement, 9,  10,  12,  40. 

Encyclopaedia  metropolitana,  10. 

Encyclopedias,  9-12. 

how  to  use,  12. 

American.    American,  10  ;  Ap- 

pleton's  annual,  10 ;  Brande  and 
Cox,   11  ;    Champlin,  11  ;    Icono- 

fraphic,  11  ;  International,  10  ; 
nternational  year  book,  10,  11  ; 
People's,  11  ;  Universal,  10  ;  Will- 
sey,  10  ;  Zell,  11. 

Chinese,  12. 

English.       Chambers,     E.     9 ; 

Chambers's,  10 ;  Encyclopaedia 
Britannica,  9  ;  Encyclopaedia 
metropolitana,  10  ;  English,  10  ; 
Harris,  9  ;  Hazell,  23  ;  Penny,  10  ; 
Quilter,  10  ;  Rees,  10. 

French.    Encyclopedic,  L',  11 ; 

La  grande  encyclopedie,  11;  La- 
rousse,  11;  NouVeau  Larousse,  11. 

German.   Brockhaus,  12  ;  Ersch 

and  G ruber,  12  ;  Meyer,  12. 

Italian.      Nuova    enciclopedia 

italiana,  12. 

Norwegian.     Nordisk   familje- 

bok,  12. 

Spanish.    Diccionario  enciclo- 

pedico  hispano-americano,  12. 

Encyclopedie,  L\  11. 

Engelmann,  Wilhelm.  Biblio- 
theca  scriptorum  classicorum,  40. 

Engineering  — bibliography.  Ha- 
ferkorn  arid  Heise,  31. 

dictionaries.       Appleton,     29; 

Byrne  and  Spon,  29;  Knight,  29. 

handbooks.   Haswell,29;  Kent, 

29  ;  Trautwine,  29. 

periodical  indexes.  Associa- 
tion of  engineering  societies,  55; 
Engineering  magazine,  55;  Engi- 
neering news,  55  ;  Galloupe,  55  ; 
Suplee  and  Cuntz,  55. 

year-book.    Kempe,  29. 

See  also  Iconographic  encyclo- 
paedia, v.  5, 11. 

Engineering  magazine.  Index  to 
engineering  periodicals,  55. 

Engineering  news.    Index,  55. 

England.    See  Great  Britain. 

English  bibliography.  British 
museum  —  Library,  69  ;  Cam- 
bridge university  — Library,  69; 
Collier,  69;  English  catalogue,  69, 
70 ;  London  catalogue,  69  ; 
Lowndes,  69;  Publishers^  circular, 
70 ;  Reference  catalogue,  70 ;  Watt, 
66,69. 

English  biographv.  Boase,  43 ; 
Stephen,  43  ;  Ward,  43. 

See     also     Contemporaries  — 

English. 

English  catalogue  of  books,  59,  69. 

English  catalogue  of  books,  annual, 
70. 

English  cyclopedia,  10. 

English  dialect  dictionary.  Wright, 
Joseph,  15. 


Hafer-    English  dictionaries.  Funk  (Stand- 


ard), 14 ;  Hunter,  13  ;  Murray,  13 ; 

Ogilvie,  13  ;  Stormonth,  13 ;  Web- 
ster, 14  ;    Whitney  (Century),  14  ; 

Worcester,  14. 

list  of.    Worcester,  introd.  14. 

English   language  —  bibliography. 

Beiblatt  zur  Anglia,  74. 
English   literature  —  bibliography. 

Hodgkins,  34  ;  Welsh,  34. 
(annual).       Beiblatt      zur 

Anglia,  74. 
chronological  outline.   Ryland, 

34. 
dictionaries.    Adams,  34  ;  Alli- 

bone,  33,  43;  Chambers,  34;  Moul- 

ton,  33,  34. 
English  peerage.    See  Peerage. 
English  poetry.     Sargent,  36;  Sted- 

man,  36  ;  Ward,  36. 
Englishwoman's  year  book,  23. 
Engravers.    Bryan, 44;  Clement, 44. 
Engravings  —  copyrighted.     U.  S. 

—  Copyrights  office,  69. 
Enigmas.    Walsh,  35. 
Ephemerides.        American     ephe- 

meris,  27. 

Epigrams.  Bombaugh,  35  ;  Notes 
and  queries  (index  vols.),  34  ; 
Walsh,  35. 

Epistolary  addresses  —  English. 
Kelly,  pref .  46. 

Epistolary  art.    See  Letter  writing. 

Epitaphs.  Bombaugh,  35 ;  Hill, 
24 ;  Notes  and  queries  (index  vols.), 
34;  Walsh,  35. 

Epithets.  See  Nicknames,  Sobri- 
quets. 

Ersch  and  Gruber.  Allgemeine  en- 
cyklopadie  der  wissenschaften 
und  kunste,  12. 

Essays  —  indexes  to.  British  essay- 
ists, 57;  California  university  — 
Library,  57 ;  Cotgreave,  57; 
Fletcher,  56;  Fletcher  and  Bow- 
ker, 53 ;  Griswold,  57. 

See    also    Brookings    and 

Ringwalt,  57;  Matson,  57. 

Ethics.    Baldwin,  18. 

Ethnography.  Iconographic  en- 
cyclopaedia, v.  1,  11. 

Ethnology.  Iconographic  encyclo- 
paedia, v.  1, 11. 

Etymology.  Murray,  13, 14;  Skeat, 
14. 

Events.  Brewer,  50 ;  Haydn,  50 ; 
Little,  50;  Willsey,  11. 

See  also   Brewer  (index),   33  ; 

Larned,  v.  5,  6,  50. 

of  the  year.    Annual  register, 

51. 

See  also  Fletcher  and  Bow- 
ker, 53 ;  also  Almanacs,  Year- 
books. 

Exploration  routes.  Smith's  Cen- 
tury atlas,  48. 

Explorations  (U.  S.).    Hasse,  63. 

Exports.    See  Commerce. 

Expositions  of  the  year.  Apple- 
ton's  annual,  10. 

Express  companies.  Rand,  Mc- 
Nally  &  co.  49. 

Expressions.  See  Allusions,  Phrases, 
Slang. 

Fabrics.    Cole,  30. 

Faculty    of    advocates  —  Library. 

Catalogue,  78. 
Fairbairn,  J.    Book  of  crests,  47. 
Family  histories.    See  Genealogies. 
Family  names  of  English  noblemen. 

Burke's  Peerage,  46. 
Farms  —  statistics  of,  in  U.  S.    U.  S. 

—  Census  office,    Reports,  24. 
Farrar,  C  :  S:    Art  topics,  31. 
Farrow,  E  :  S.     Farrow's  military 

encyclopedia,  30. 


92 


INDEX 


Fasts  and  feasts.  Wkitaker's  Al- 
manack, 23. 

Fathers  of  the  church.    Brewer,  20. 

Faulty  diction.  Funk  (Standard), 
apx.  14. 

Faxon,  F:  W.  Periodicals  in  re- 
ference work,  6,  53. 

Fay,  E:  A.  Concordance  of  the 
Divina  Commedia,  38. 

Fellows,  S:  Synonyms  and  anto- 
nyms, 14. 

Fennell,  C:A:M.  Stanford  dic- 
tionary of  anglicised  words  and 
phrases,  15. 

Ferguson,  J:  Some  aspects  of 
bibliography,  65. 

Fernald,  J.  C.  English  synonyms 
and  antonyms,  14. 

Ferrell,  L:  C.  Public  documents 
of  the  U.  S.,  61. 

Festivals.    Chambers,  26. 

Fetis,  F.  J.  Biographie  universelle 
des  musiciens,  44. 

Fichtenkam,  A.  G.  Cataloguing  of 
government  publications,  61. 

Fiction.  Boston  —  Public  library, 
39  ;  Bowen,  39  ;  Buffalo  —  Public 
library,  40;  Cornu  and  Beer,  40; 
Dixson,  39  ;  Griswold,  39  ;  Ley- 
poldt  and  lies,  40;  Los  Angeles  — 
Public  library,  39 ;  Midland  rail- 
way institute,  39;  St.  Louis  mer- 
cantile library,  39 ;  St.  Louis  — 
Public  library,  39 ;  San  Francisco 

—  Free  public  library,  39;  Sar- 
gent, 39. 

Fictitious  names.  See  Characters 
in  fiction. 

Field,  Mrs.  E.  M.  The  child  and 
his  book,  75. 

Finance.    Colange,  24. 

See  also  Year-books  and  Alma- 
nacs. 

Finding-lists.  Buffalo  —  Public  li- 
brary, 79  ;  Jersey  City  —  Public 
library,  79  ;  Newark  —  Public  li- 
brary, 79;  Salem  — Public  library, 
79  ;  Scranton  —  Public  library,  79. 

Fine  arts  —  annuals.  Carter,  31 ; 
Levy,  31. 

bibliography.    Farrar,  31 ;  Ha- 

ferkorn  and  Heise,  v.  6,  31 :  South 
Kensington  museum,  31 ;  Sturgis, 
31. 

chronological  table  of.  Nichol, 

50. 

dictionaries.       Adeline,      31 ; 

Champlin,  33  ;  Mollett,  31. 

See  also  Architecture,  Decora- 
tive arts,  Engraving,  Music, 
Painting,  Sculpture. 

Finney,  B.  A.  High  school  instruc- 
tion in  use  of  reference  books,  6. 

First  editions  —  American.  Foley, 
69 ;  Leon,  69  ;  Stone,  69. 

English.    Slater,  70. 

Fiske,  J:  See  Wilson,  J.  G.,  and 
Fiske,  J:  42. 

Fitch,  Henry.    Perfect  calendar,  50. 

Flags.    Hulme,  47 ;  Preble,  47  ;  U.  S. 

—  Bureau  of  equipment,  47. 

colored  plates.  See  also  Ameri- 
can cyclopaedia,  10;  Encyclopaedia 
Britannica,  9,  10 ;  Farrow,  30 ; 
Funk,  14;  Hamersly,  30;  Interna- 
tional cyclopedia,  10;  Johnson's 
universal,  10 ;  Webster,  14 ; 
Worcester,  14. 

U.  S.    Townsend,  52. 

Fleming,  W:  Vocabulary  of  phi- 
losophy, 18. 

Fletcher,  A.  E.  Sonnenschein's  cy- 
clopaedia of  education,  25. 

Fletcher,  W :  I :  "  A.  L.  A."  index, 
56 ;  Reference  work,  6. 

and   Bowker,  R :   R.      Annual 

literary  index,  53,  56,  73. 


Fletcher,  W:  I:  and  Poole,  Mary. 
Poole's  index.   Abridged  ed.  53. 

See    also    Poole,   W :    F :    and 

Fletcher,  W:  I:  53. 

Flowers.    Bailey,  28. 

language  of.  Brewer,  35 ;  Funk, 

14 ;  Hill,  24  ;  People's  cvclopedia, 
v.  4,  apx.  11 ;  Recldall,  35. 

national.    Brewer,  35,  50. 

state.    Harper's  encyclopaedia, 

51  ;  Tribune  almanac,  1900,  23  ; 
World  almanac,  1902,  23. 

Fliigel,  Felix.  Universal  English- 
German  and  German-English  dic- 
tionary, 16. 

Fock,  Gustav.  Bibliographischer 
monatsbericht,  58. 

Foley,  J:  P.  Jeffersonian  cyclope- 
dia, 39. 

Foley,  P.  K.    American  authors,  69. 

Folk-lore.  Notes  and  queries  (in- 
dex vols.),  34. 

Folk-sayings.  Brewer,  35 ;  Ed- 
wards, 35 ;  Wheeler,  35. 

Foods  —  chemistry  of.    Thorpe,  27. 

Foreign  documents.  Michigan  — 
State  library,  63. 

See   also   French    documents, 

64. 

Foreign  moneys.    See  Moneys. 

Foreign  office  list  and  consular 
handbook,  23,  45. 

Foreign  phrases  and  words  —  pro- 
nunciation of.    Phyfe,  15. 

translation    of.     Fellows,    15  ; 

Funk,  apx.  14  ;  Jones,  37 ;  Recl- 
dall, 35;  Webster,  apx.  14;  Worces- 
ter, apx.  14. 

Forenames.    See  Christian  names. 

Formulae.    See  Receipts. 

Fortschritte  der  physik,  74. 

Forty  immortals  of  the  French 
Academy.    World  almanac,  23. 

Foster,  F.  P.  Illustrated  encyclo- 
paedic medical  dictionary,  28. 

Foster,  H.  A.  Electrical  engineer's 
pocket-book,  29,  30. 

Foster,  W :  E.  Assistance  to  read- 
ers, 6;  How  to  use  the  public  li- 
brary, 6  j  The  information  desk, 
6 ;  The  information  desk  at  the 
Providence  public  library,  6. 

Founding.    Bolland,  30. 

France  —  Bibliotheque  nationale. 
Catalogue  general,  78. 

Mimstere  de  1' instruction  pub- 

lique.  Bibliographie  des  travaux 
scientifiques,  60 ;  Bibliographie 
generate  des  travaux  historiques, 
60. 

Franklin  institute.  Index  to  its 
Journal,  55. 

Fraternities.    Stevens,  25. 

See  also  College  fraternities. 

Freeman,  E :  A.  Historical  geogra- 
phy of  Europe,  49. 

Freemasonry.    Mackey,  25. 

French,  S :  Acting  edition  of  plays, 
40. 

French  architecture.  Viollet-le- 
Duc,  31. 

French  bibliography.  Bibliogra- 
phie de  la  France,  71;  Brunet,  70; 
Catalogue  annuel,  70,  71 ;  Dauze, 
71  ;  Le  Soudier,  71  ;  Lorenz,  70  ; 
Querard,  70 ;  Repertoire  biblio- 
graphique,  71. 

French  biography.  Hoefer,  41 ;  La- 
rousse,  11 ;  Mictiaud,  41 ;  Vapereau, 
42. 

French  dictionaries.  French-Eng- 
lish: Edgren  and  Burnet,  16; 
Hamilton  and  Legros,  16;  Spiers 
and  Surenne,  16. 

French-French :  Littr£,  16. 

French-German:    Villatte  and 

Sachs,  16. 


French  documents.  American  li- 
brary association,  64. 

French  fiction.    Cornu  and  Beer,  40. 

French  periodicals  —  indexes  to. 
Jordell,  54. 

Frey,  A.  R.  Sobriquets  and  nick- 
names, 35. 

Friday,  in  U.  S.  history.  Townsend, 
p.  450,  52. 

Fruit.    Bailey,  28. 

Fuller,  J.  M.  See  Smith,  Sir  W: 
and  Fuller,  J.  M.  19. 

Funk,  I.  K.  Standard  dictionary, 
14;  Students'  edition  of  a  'Stan- 
dard dictionary,'  14. 

Fur.    Cole,  30. 

Furness,  Mrs.  H.  K.  (Rogers).  Con- 
cordance to  Shakespeare's  Poems, 


Galloupe,  F.  E.  Index  to  engineer- 
ing periodicals,  55. 

Games.  Champlin,  32,  33;  Gomme, 
33. 

Gannett,  H :  Building  of  a  nation, 
24. 

See  also  U.  S.  —  Census  office, 

24. 

Gardening.  Bailey,  28;  Mottet,  28  ; 
Nicholson,  28. 

Gardiner,  S :  R.,  andmullinger,  J.  B. 
Introduction  to  the  study  of  Eng- 
lish history,  51. 

Garland,  D.  S.,  ed.  See  American 
and  English  encyclopaedia  of  law, 
22. 

Garlanda,  Joannes  de,  13. 

Garments.    Cole,  30. 

Garnett,  R:  and  others.  Universal 
anthology,  33. 

Garnsey,  G :  O.  American  glossary 
of  architectural  terms,  31. 

Garrett's  100  choice  selections.  In- 
dexed, 36. 

Gaskell,  G.  A.  Compendium  of 
forms,  24. 

Gazetteers.  See  Geographic  diction- 
aries. 

Gems  —  language  of.  Funk,  apx. 
14;  Hill,  24;  People's  cyclopedia, 
apx.  11. 

Genealogy  —  American.  Boston  — 
Public  library,  45  ;  Glenn,  46 ; 
Munsell,  45,  46;  Stiles,  46;  Ver- 
mont, 46. 

English.    Marshall,  46. 

See      also       Baronetage, 

Landed  gentry,  Peerage. 

foreign  —  annuals.     Almanach 

de  Gotha,  23 ;  Annuaire  de  la  no- 
blesse de  France,  47;  Annuaire  de 
la  noblesse  de  Russie,  47  ;  Annua- 
rio  della  nobilta  italiana,  47 ;  Dan- 
marks  adels  aarbog,  47  ;  Gotha- 
isches  genealogisches  taschen- 
buch  der  freiherrlichen  hauser, 
47 ;  Gothaisches  genealogisches 
taschenbuch  der  granichen  hau- 
ser, 47;  La  noblesse  beige,  47; 
Svensk  adelskalender,  47. 

See  also  Almanach  de  Gotha, 

23;  Notes  and  queries  (index 
vols.),  34. 

General  literature  —  indexes.  Cali- 
fornia university  —  Library,  57  ; 
Cotgreave,  57;  Fletcher  and  Bow- 
ker, 56;  Griswold,  57. 

See  also  Boston  Athen- 
aeum, 57;  Brooklyn  library,  57  ; 
Cleveland  —  Public  library,  57; 
Peabody  institute  library,  57. 

Gentry.    See  Landed  gentry. 

Geographic  dictionaries.  Cham- 
bers, 48 ;  Champlin,  11 ;  Chisholm, 
48;  Lippincott,  48. 

See    also   Webster,    apx.    14 ; 

Worcester,  apx.  14. 


INDEX 


Geographic  names.  Blackie,  48; 
Smith,  35  ;  Thomas  (Lippincott's), 
48  ;  U.  S.  official  postal  guide,  25. 

pronunciation.    Mackey,  47. 

spelling.      U.    S.  —  Board    on 

geographic  names,  48. 

translation     of     place-names. 

Smith,  48. 

U.  S.  — derivation,  etc.  Town- 
send,  52. 

Geographic  nicknames.  See  Nick- 
names —  geographic. 

Geographisches  jahrbuch,  74. 

Geography —bibliography.  Mill,  48. 

(annual).     Geographisches 

jahrbuch,  74  ;  Petermann's  Mit- 
theilungen,  74 ;  Annales  de  geo- 
graphic, 74. 

See  also  Greek,  Roman. 

Geologisches  centralblatt,  74. 

Geology.  Iconographic  encyclopae- 
dia, v.  7, 11. 

bibliography.  Darton,27;  War- 
man,  27;  Weeks,  27. 

(annual).       Bibliographia 

geologica,  74;  Geologisches  cen- 
tralblatt, 74. 

Georg,  Karl.  Schlagwort-katalog, 
71. 

Georgi,  Theophilus.  Allgemeines 
europaisches  biicher-lexicon,  66. 

German  bibliography.  Allgemeine 
bibliographic,  71 ;  Borsenblatt,  71 ; 
Georg,  71 ;  Heinsius,  71 ;  Hinrichs, 
71 ;  Kayser,  71 ;  Russell,  71  ; 
Wochentliches  verzeichnis,  71. 

German  biography.  Allgemeine 
deutsche  biographic  43. 

German  dictionaries.  German- 
English  :  Fliigel,  16 ;  Muret-San- 
ders,  16;  Thieme-Preusser,  16. 

German-French :   Villatte  and 

Sachs,  16. 

German-German.    Grimm,  16. 

German  language  —  bibliography. 
Jahresbericht,  74. 

German  literature  —  bibliography. 
Jahresbericht,  74. 

German  periodicals  —  indexes  to. 
Dietrich,  54. 

Gesenius,  W :  Hebrew  and  English 
lexicon,  17. 

Gibbon,  C :  See  Spofford,  A.  R.,  and 
Gibbon,  C :  33. 

Gidel,  C:  A.,  and  Loliee,  Frederic. 
Dictionnaire  manuel  illustre  des 
ecrivains  et  des  literatures,  33. 

Gifts  and  bequests  (annual).  Ap- 
pleton's  Annual  cyclopedia,  10. 

Glenn,  T:  A.  List  of  some  Ameri- 
can genealogies,  46. 

Godfrey,  L.  B.  See  Bates,  K.  L.,  and 
Godfrey,  L.  B.  40. 

Gomme,  A.  B.  Traditional  games 
of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ire- 
land, 33. 

Gooch,  G.  P.  Annals  of  politics  and 
culture,  51. 

Goodholme,  T.  S.  Domestic  cyclo- 
paedia, 29. 

Goss,  Harriet,  and  Baker,  G.  A.  In- 
dex to  first  27  volumes  of  St. 
Nicholas,  76. 

Gothaisches  genealogisches  tasch- 
enbuch  der  freiherrlichen  hauser, 
47. 

Gothaisches  genealogisches  tasch- 
enbuch  der  graflichen  hauser,  47. 

Gould,  G:  M.  Illustrated  diction- 
ary of  medicine  and  allied 
sciences,  28  ;  New  medical  dic- 
tionary, 28. 

Government  documents,  61-64. 

Government  officials  —  Great  Brit- 
ain. Civil  service  year-book,  23; 
Foreign  office  list,  23  ;  India  list, 
23;  Kelly,  46. 


Government  officials  —  Great  Bri- 
tain. See  also  Hazell,  23  ;  Who 's 
who,  pref.  43  ;  W  hi  taker,  23. 

U.  S.    Lawman,  22  ;  Murlin,  21, 

22  ;  Poore,  21 ;  U.  S.  —  Congress, 
22 ;   U.  S.  —  Interior  dept.  22. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac, 

23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 
Governments  of  the  world.    Sears, 

21  ;  Wilson,  21. 

See  also  Statesman's  year- 
book, 23  ;  Whitaker,  23  ;  Statis- 
tician and  economist,  23. 

Governors  of  states  and  territo- 
ries. Commercial  year-book,  24 ; 
Statistician  and  economist,  23; 
Willsey's  Harper's  book  of  facts, 

Grasse,  J.  G.  T.  Tresor  de  livres, 
66. 

Grammars  —  bibliography  of.  Triib- 
ner,  13. 

Grand  Rapids  —  Public  library. 
Catalogue,  78. 

La  grande  encyclopedic,  11. 

Great  Britain  — antiquities.  Brand, 
26. 

army  and  navy.    Hart,  45 ;  Navy 

list,  45 ;  Official  army  list,  45 ; 
Whitaker,  45. 

colonies.  Colonial  office  list,  23. 

See  also  Australia,  Canada, 

India,  Jamaica. 

constitutional  history  — biblio- 
graphy of.     Sparks,  52. 

government  officials.  See  Gov- 
ernment officials  — Great  Britain. 

history  —  annuals.  Annual  re- 
gister, 51. 

bibliography.       Gardiner 

and  Mullinger,  51  ;  Gross,  51. 

dictionary.  Low  and  Pull- 
ing, 51. 

municipal  government  —  bib- 
liography.   Gross,  21. 

political  economy.     Palgrave, 

21. 

politics.  Constitutional  year- 
book, 23 ;  Politician's  handbook, 
23. 

statistics.  Statesman's  year- 
book, 23 ;  Whitaker,  23. 

Great  men.    Wale,  36. 

Great  writers  series,  48. 

Greece  —  architecture.  Longfel- 
low, 31. 

Greek  antiquities.  Cornish,  51  ; 
Peck,  51 ;  Seyffert,  51 ;  Smith,  51. 

Greek  biography.    Smith,  43. 

Greek  dictionaries.  Greek-Eng- 
lish :  Liddell  and  Scott,  17. 

English-Greek:  Yonge,  17. 

Greek  geography.    Smith,  49. 

Greek  proper  names.  Webster,  apx. 
14;  Worcester,  apx.  14. 

Greek  (modern)  —  dictionary.  Kon- 
topoulos,  17. 

Greely,  A.  W.  Public  documents 
of  the  first  14  congresses,  63. 

Green,  S :  S.  Aids  and  guides  for 
readers,  6;  Libraries  as  bureaus 
of  information,  6  ;  Library  aids, 
6 ;  The  desirableness  of  establish- 
ing personal  intercourse  between 
librarians  and  readers,  6. 

Griffin,  A.  P.  C.  Bibliography  of 
American  historical  societies,  59  ; 
Index  of  articles  upon  American 
local  history,  52. 

Grimm,  Jakob  and  Wilhelm. 
Deutsches  worterbuch,  16. 

Griswold,  W :  M.  Descriptive  list 
of  books  for  the  young,  76  ;  De- 
scriptive lists  of  novels,  39  ;  Index 
to  articles  contained  in  collec- 
tions of  essays,  57. 

Gross,  C:     Bibliography  of  British 


municipal   history,   21 ;    Sources 

and  literature  of  English  history, 

51. 
Grove,  Sir  G :    Dictionary  of  music 

and  musicians,  32,  41. 
Growoll,    Adolf.     American    book 

clubs,  59;    Book-trade   bibliogra- 

f)hy  in  the  U.  S.  67  ;  Bookseller's 
ibrary,  67, 73 ;  Profession  of  book- 
selling, 73. 

Gruber.    See  Ersch  and  Gruber,  12. 

Guam  —  bibliography.  Library  of 
Congress,  74. 

Gubernatis,  Angelo  de.  Dizionario 
biografico  degli  scrittori  contem- 
poranei,  43;  Dictionnaire  inter- 
nationale  des  ecrivains  du  jour, 
43. 

Guernsey.  See  Seeger  and  Guern- 
sey, 30. 

Guide-books.  Baedeker,  50 ;  Murray, 
50. 

Guild,  R.  A.  Bibliography  as  a 
science,  65;  Librarian's  manual, 
72. 

Gwilt,  Joseph.  Encyclopaedia  of 
architecture,  31. 

Haas,  J :  A.  W.  See  Jacobs,  H:  E., 
and  Haas,  J:  A.  W.  20. 

Haferkorn:  H  :  E.,  and  Heise,  P. 
Handy  lists  of  technical  litera- 
ture, 30. 

Hain,  L.  F.  T.  Repertorium  biblio- 
graphicum  and  Supplement,  66. 

Hale,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Woman's  record, 
45. 

Halkett,  S:  and  Laing,  J:  Dic- 
tionary of  the  anonymous  and 
pseudonymous  literature  of  Great 
Britain,  76. 

Hall,  G.  S.,  and  Mansfield,  J.  M. 
Hints  towards  a  select  bibliogra- 
phy of  education,  26. 

Hall,  T.  D.  See  Smith,  Sir  W :  and 
Hall,  T.  D.  17. 

Halliwell-Phillips,  J.  O.  Diction- 
ary of  archaic  and  provincial 
words,  15. 

Hallowe'en.  Brand,  26;  Chambers, 
26  ;  Walsh,  26. 

Hallowe'en  games.  Champlin  and 
Bostwick,  32. 

Hamersly,  L.  R.  Naval  encyclo- 
paedia, 30  ;  Records  of  living  offi- 
cers of  the  U.  S.  navy,  45. 

Hamilton  and  Legros.  French  dic- 
tionary, 16. 

Handworterbuch  der  staatswissen- 
schaften,  21. 

Harbottle,  T:  B.  Dictionary  of 
quotations,  classical,  37. 

and  Dalbiac,  P.  H.    Dictionary 

of  quotations,  French  and  Italian, 
37. 

Hardy,  G:E.  Five  hundred  books 
for  the  young,  76. 

Harper's  book  of  facts.  Willsey, 
J.  H.  11. 

Harper's  cyclopaedia  of  British  and 
American  poetry.  Sargent,  Epes, 
36. 

Harper's  dictionary  of  classical 
literature  and  antiquities.  Peck, 
H.  T.  51. 

Harper's  encyclopaedia  of  United 
States  history,  51. 

Harper's  Latin  dictionary.  Lewis, 
C.  T:  and  Short,  C:  17. 

Harper's  monthly  magazine.  In- 
dex, 54. 

Harper's  popular  cyclopaedia  of 
U.  S.  history.    Lossing,  B.  J  :  52. 

Harper's  weekly.    Index,  54. 

Harris,  John.  Lexicon  techni- 
cum,  9. 

Harrison,  F:  Choice  of  books,  75. 


94 


INDEX 


Hart,  A.  B.  See  Channing,  E:  and 
Hart,  A.  B.  61. 

Hart's  army  list,  45. 

Hartford  (Conn.)  — Public  library. 
Boys'  and  girls'  books,  76. 

Harvard  university  —  Library. 
Bibliographical  contributions,  73. 

Hasluck,  P.  N.  Cassell's  cyclopae- 
dia of  mechanics,  29. 

Hasse,  A.  R.  Public  documents,  61 ; 
How  may  government  documents 
be  made  more  useful  to  the  public, 
61  ;  United  States  government 
publications,  61;'  Reports  of  ex- 
plorations, 63;  Training  of  library 
employes  :  reference  work,  6. 

Hastings,  James.  Dictionary  of  the 
Bible,  19. 

Hawaii  —  bibliography.  Library  of 
Congress,  73. 

Haswell,  C :  H.  Mechanics'  and  en- 
gineers' pocket-book,  29. 

Hawthorne,  Julian.  Literature  of 
all  nations,  33. 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel.  Analytical 
index  to  his  works,  38. 

Haydn,  Joseph.  Dictionary  of 
dates,  50. 

Hayes,  R.  P.    Publications  of  Ohio, 

Hazell's  annual,  23. 

Hebrew  dictionary.    Gesenius,  17. 

Hebrews.    See  Jews. 

Hedeler,  pub.  List  of  private  li- 
braries, 77. 

Heilprin,  L:  Historical  reference 
book,  50. 

Heinsius,  Wilhelm.  Allgemeines 
biicher-lexicon,  71. 

Heise,  Paul.  See  Haferkorn,  H:  E., 
and  Heise,  Paul,  30. 

Heraldry.    Rietstap,  47. 

American.    Vermont,  46  ;   Zie- 

ber,  46. 

terms.    Adeline,  31 ;  Fairbairn, 

v.  2,  47. 

See  also  Notes  and  queries  (in- 
dex vols.),  34  ;  also  Crests. 

Heresies.    Blunt,  19.  . 

Herringshaw,  T:  W:  Encyclope- 
dia of  American  biography,  42. 

Hewins,  C.  M.  Books  for  boys  and 
girls,  76  ;  How  to  make  the  most 
of  a  small  library,  7. 

Hickcox,  J:  H.  United  States  gov- 
ernment publications,  63. 

High  schools  —  instruction  in  refer- 
ence books.  Ames,  6  ;  Finney, 
6  ;  Rathbone,  7. 

Hill,  T:  E.  Hill's  manual  of  social 
and  business  forms,  24. 

Hindu  religion.    Dowson,  20. 

Hinrichs,  J.  C.  Fiinf  jahrs-katalog, 
71 ;  Monats-register,  71 ;  Verzeich- 
nis  der  bucher,  71;  Vierteljahrs- 
katalog,  71;  Wochentliches  ver- 
zeichnis,  71. 

Historical  atlases.  Freeman,  v.  2, 
49 ;  Labberton,  49  ;  Poole,  49  ; 
Smith,  49  ;  Spruner,  49. 

Historical  fiction.  Boston  —  Public 
library,  39 ;  Bowen,  39  ;  Dixson,  39 ; 
Midland  railway  institute,  39 ; 
Philadelphia  mercantile  library, 
39 ;  St.  Louis  mercantile  library, 
39 ;  St.  Louis  —  Public  librarv,  39 ; 
San  Francisco— Free  public  li- 
brary, 39 ;  Sargent,  39. 

Historical  societies.    Griffin,  59. 

History.    Ploetz,  50  ;  Smith,  35. 

bibliography.        Adams,     50  ; 

Langlois,  72. 

bibliography  (annual).    Jahres- 

bericht  der  geschichtswissen- 
schaft,  74. 

chronological      outlines       of. 

Heilprin,  50  ;  Webster,  apx.  14. 


History  —  dictionaries.  Brewer, 
50  ;  Heilprin,  50  ;  Larned,  50  ;  Lit- 
tle, 50. 

of  the  year.    Annual  register, 

51;  Appleton's  annual,  10;  Inter- 
national year  book,  10  ;  also 
Almanacs,  Events  of  the  year. 

tables.    Gooch,  51 ;  Morison,  51 ; 

Nichol,  50. 

See   also    Chronology,    Dates, 

names  of  countries. 

Hodgkins,  L.  M.  Guide  to  the 
study  of  19th  century  authors,  34. 

Hoefer,  Ferdinand.  Nouvelle  bi- 
ographie  universelle,  41,  43. 

Hofmeister's  Verzeichniss  der  er- 
schienenen  musikalien,  74. 

Holidays.    Walsh,  26. 

See  also  Arbor  day,  Christmas, 

Easter,  Hallowe'en,  etc. 

See   also   Chambers,  26;    Goss 

and  Baker,  76. 

legal.    Townsend,  52  ;  Harper's 

encyclopaedia,  4 :  398^100,  51 ;  Peo- 
ple's cyclopedia,  v.  4,  apx.  11; 
Funk,  p.  856,  14. 

Holy  days.  Chambers,  26;  M'Clin- 
tock  and  Strong,  18 ;  Smith  and 
Cheetham,  18. 

Homer  —  concordance.    Dunbar,  38. 

Homonyms.     Fellows,  15. 

Hone,  W:    Every-day  book,  26. 

Hopkins,  A.  A.  Scientific  Ameri- 
can cyclopedia  of  receipts,  29. 

Hopkins,  J.  C.    Canada,  52. 

Horticulture.    Bailey,  28. 

Hospitals.  Medical  and  surgical 
register,  45. 

House  of  Commons.  See  Govern- 
ment officials  —  Great  Britain. 

House  of  Lords.  See  Government 
officials  —  Great  Britain. 

Houston,  E.  J.  Dictionary  of  elec- 
trical words,  terms,  and  phrases, 
27. 

Howe's  Descriptive  catalogue  of 
official  publications  of  Indiana, 
64. 

Hoyt,  J.  K.  Cyclopedia  of  practical 
quotations,  36. 

Hughes,  T:  P..  Dictionary  of  Is- 
lam, 20. 

Hull,  C.  H.  Article  on  biographical 
dictionaries  in  Johnson*s  univer- 
sal cyclopaedia,  41 ;  Helps  for  cat- 
aloguers in  finding  full  names,  7. 

Hulme,  F :  E  :  Flags  of  the  world, 
47. 

Hungarian  dictionary.    Bizonfy,  17. 

Hunter,  R.  Encyclopaedic  diction- 
ary, 13. 

Hurst,  J :  F.  Literature  of  theology, 
20. 

Hutchinson,  E.  M.  See  Stedman, 
E.  C,  and  Hutchinson,  E.  M.  34. 

Hutton,  Laurence.  See  Clement, 
Mrs.  C.  E.,  and  Hutton,  Laurence, 
44. 

Hymns.  Julian,  20  ;  Warner  (v.  28 
and  index  in  v.  30),  33. 

See   also    Notes    and    queries 

(index  vols.)  34. 

Iconographic  encyclopaedia,  11. 
lies,  G:    See  Bowker,  R:   R.,  and 

lies,  G:  20  ;  Leypoldt,  A.  H.,  and 

lies,  G:  75. 
Illustration  —  bibliography.     Stur- 

gis,  31. 
Immigration  — statistics  of.    U.  S. 

—  Bureau  of  statistics,  24. 
Important  events.     See  Events. 
Imports.    See  Commerce. 
Inchbald,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Simpson). 

British  theatre,  40. 
Incunabula.       British     museum  — 

Library,  69  ;    Cambridge  univer- 


sity—Library, 69;  Campbell,  67; 
Hain,  67  ;  Maittaire,  67  ;  Panzer, 
67  ;  Pellechet,  67  ;  Proctor,  67  ; 
Santander,  67. , 

Incunabula.  See  also  Aldine,  Cax- 
ton,  Elzevir  presses. 

Index  and  review,  63. 

Index  medicus,  29,  55. 

Indexes.    Wheatley,  57. 

See  also  Essays,  General  litera- 
ture, Periodicals,  Chemistry,  and 
other  subjects  indexed. 

India  list,  civil  and  military,  23. 

Indiana  —  State  library.  Subject 
catalogue  of  U.  S.  public  docu- 
ments, 63. 

Indiana  —  bibliography.    Howe,  64. 

Indians.    U.  S.  —  Census  office,  24. 

Industrial  arts.    See  Useful  arts. 

Industries.  Beeton,  24  ;  Commer- 
cial year-book,  24  ;  Lock,  30  ; 
M'Culloch,  24 ;  Seeger  and  Guern- 
sey, 30. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23. 

of  countries  and  cities.     Lip- 

pincott's  gazetteer,  48. 

Information  desk.  Foster,  6;  Lit- 
tle, 2. 

Initials.    See  Pseudonyms. 

Insignia  of  rank  of  army.  Town- 
send,  p.  369,  52. 

Institut  de  bibliographie,  Paris. 
Bibliographia  medica,  29. 

Institutes.    Minerva,  25. 

Instruction  in  reference  work. 
Adams,  6  ;  Ames,  6  ;  Ellis,  6  ; 
Finney,  6  ;  Little,  7  ;  Marvin,  7  ; 
Milner,  7  ;  Rathbone,  7  ;  Sargent, 
7;  Stanley,  7;  Wales,  7;  Warren, 
7 ;    Wellman,  7. 

Insurance.  Commercial  year-book, 
24  ;  U.  S.—  Census  office.  Reports. 
24. 

See  also  Parsons,  22. 

Intemperance.    See  Temperance. 

Interest  tables  and  laws.  World 
almanac,  23. 

International  annual  of  Anthony's 
photographic  bulletin,  32. 

International  critical  commentary. 
Briggs,  C:  A.,  19. 

International  cyclopaedia,  10. 

International  dictionary.  Webster, 
Noah,  13,  14. 

International  library  of  famous 
literature.  Mitchell,  D.  G.,  and 
Lang,  Andrew,  33. 

International  year  book,  10,  11,  23. 

Interoceanic  canals  and  railways  — 
bibliography.  Library  of  Con- 
gress, 74. 

Interstate  commerce  commission. 
See  U.  S.  —  Interstate  commis- 
sion, 25. 

Iron  works.  American  iron  and 
steel  association,  30. 

Islam.    Hughes,  20. 

Italian  bibliography.  Catalogo  col- 
lettivo  della  libreria,  72  ;  Biblio- 
grafia  italiana,  72  ;  Catalogo  gene- 
rale,  72. 

Italian  biography.    Gubernatis,  43. 

Italian  dictionaries.  Davenport 
and  Comelati,  16;  Melzi,  16;  Mill- 
house,  16. 

Italy  —  architecture.  Longfellow, 
31. 

Jackson,  B :  D.    Glossary  of  botanic 

terms,  27. 
Jacobs,  H:  E.,  and  Haas,  J:  A.  W. 

Lutheran  cyclopedia,  20. 
Jahrbuch  fiber  die  fortschritte  der 

mathematik,  74. 
Jahresbericht    der    geschichtswis- 

senschaft,  74. 
Jahresbericht  fiber  die  erscheinung- 


INDEX 


95 


en  auf  dem  gebiete  der  german- 
ischen  philologie,  74. 

Jahresbericht  iiber  die  fortschritte 
der  cheniie,  74. 

Jahresbericht  iiber  die  fort- 
schritte der  classischen  alter- 
tumswissenschaft,  74. 

Jahresberichte  f  Ur  neuere  deutsche 
litteraturgeschichte,  74. 

Jahresberichte  iiber  das  hohere 
schulwesen,  74. 

Jahres-verzeichniss  der  an  den 
deutschen  schulanstalten  er- 
schienenen  abhandlungen,  58. 

Jahres-verzeichniss  der  an  den 
deutschen  universitaten  erschie- 
nenen  schriften,  57 

Jahresverzeichnis  der  schweizer- 
ischen  universitatsschrif  ten,  58. 

Jamaica.    Roxburgh,  23. 

James,  R.  N.  Painters  and  their 
works,  44. 

Jameson,  J :  F.  Dictionary  of  U.  S. 
history,  52. 

and  Buel,  J.  W.    Encyclopedic 

dictionaiy  of  American  history, 
52. 

Jargon.    Barrere  and  Leland,  15. 

Jefferson,  T:    Foley,  39. 

Jersey  City  —  Public  library.  Find- 
ing-list, 78. 

Jewish  encyclopedia.  Singer,  Isa- 
dore  and  others,  20. 

Jews.    Singer,  20. 

John  Crerar  library.  Card  indexes 
on  file  in,  55 ;  List  of  biblio- 
graphies of  special  subjects,  73; 
List  of  books  in  the  reading- 
room,  7. 

Johnson,  S :    Dictionary,  13. 

Johnson's  universal  cyclopaedia. 
See  Universal  cyclopaedia,  10. 

Johnston,  A.  K.  Handy  royal  atlas, 
49 ;  Royal  atlas  of  modern  geo- 
graphy, 49. 

Jones,  H.  P.  New  dictionary  of 
foreign  phrases  and  classical  quo- 
tations, 37. 

Jones,  L.  A.  Index  to  legal  peri- 
odical literature,  22,  23,  54. 

Jones,  L.  E.  See  Perkins,  F:  B. 
75. 

Jordan,  W:  G:  A  plea  for  refer- 
ence books,  7. 

Jordell,  D.  Repertoire  bibliogra- 
phique  des  principales  revues 
iran9aises,  54. 

See  also  Lorenz,  O.  H.  70. 

Josephson,  A.  G.  S.  Avhandlingar 
ock  program,  58  ;  Bibliographies 
of  bibliographies,  72  ;  Biblio- 
graphy of  union  lists,  54. 

Journal  of  the  Society  of  chemical 
industry.    Index,  55. 

Judaism.    See  Jews. 

Julian,  J:  Dictionary  of  hvmno- 
logy,  20. 

Jurisprudence  —  bibliography. 
MUhlbrecht,  21. 

Just's  botanischer  jahresbericht,  74. 

Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court.  See 
Government  officials  —  U.  S. 

Juvenile  books.  See  Children's 
reading. 

Kansas  —  bibliography.        Kansas 

state  historical  association,  64. 
Kansas  state  historical  association. 

Transactions,  v.  6,  64. 
Kayser,      C.     G.         Vollstandiges 

bucher-lexicon,  71. 
Kelly,  James.    American  catalogue 

of  books,  68. 
Kelly's    handbook    to    the    titled, 

landed,  and  official  classes,  46. 
Keltie,  J.  S.,  ed.     See  Statesman's 

year-book,  23. 


Kempe,  H.  R.  Engineer's  year- 
book, 29. 

Kent,  James.  Commentaries  on 
American  law,  22. 

Kent,  W:  Mechanical  engineer's 
pocket-book,  29. 

Keogh,  Andrew.  Some  general 
bibliographical  works  of  value, to 
the  student  in  English,  65. 

Kiddle,  H:  and  Schem,  A.  J.  Cy- 
clopaedia of  education,  25. 

Kierst,  W.,  and  Callier,  O.  Pocket 
dictionary  of  the  English  and 
Polish  languages,  16. 

Killikelly,  S.  H.  Curious  ques- 
tions, 35. 

King,  W :  F.  H :  Classical  and  for- 
eign quotations,  37. 

Klussmann,  Rudolf.  Systema- 
tisches  verzeichnis  der  abhand- 
lungen, 58. 

Knight,  C:  See  English  cyclope- 
dia, 10. 

Knight,  E :  H :  American  mechan- 
ical dictionary,  29  ;  New  American 
mechanical  dictionary,  29. 

Knighthood  —  orders  of.  Burke's 
Peerage,  46. 

See  also  Whitaker,  23. 

Kontopoulos,  N.  Greek-English 
lexicon,  17. 

English-modern-Greek  diction- 
ary, 17. 

Konversations- lexicons.  See  Brock- 
haus,  Meyer,  12. 

Koopman,  H.  L.  College  instruc- 
tion in  bibliography,  65  ;  Mastery 
of  books,  7,  75. 

Krehbiel,  H.  E.  Annotated  biblio- 
graphy of  music,  31. 

Kritischer  jahresbericht  iiber  die 
fortschritte  der  romanischen 
philologie,  74. 

Kurschner,  Joseph.  See  Deutscher 
litteratur-kalender,  44. 

Labberton,  R.  H.  Historical  atlas, 
49. 

Labor  —  bibliography.    Marot,  21. 

Lace.    Cole,  30. 

Lacy,  T :  H.  Acting  edition  of 
plays,  40. 

Laing,  J:  See  Halkett,  S:  and 
Lamg,  J :  76. 

Lakes —list  of  principal.  People's 
cyclopedia,  v.  4,  apx.  11 ;  Statis- 
tician and  economist,  23. 

Lalor,  J :  J.  Cyclopaedia  of  political 
science,  21. 

Lamb's  biographical  dictionary. 
See  Brown,  J:  H.  42. 

Landed  gentry.    Burke,  46. 

Lane,  L.  P.  Aids  in  the  use  of  gov- 
ernment publications,  61. 

Lane,  W:  C,  and  Bolton,  C:  K. 
Notes  on  special  collections  in 
American  libraries,  77. 

Lang,  Andrew.  See  Mitchell,  D.  G. 
33. 

Lange,  J :  P.  Commentary  on  the 
Holy  Scripture,  19. 

Langlois,  C :  V.  Manuel  de  biblio- 
graphic historique,  72,  74. 

Language  of  flowers  and  gems. 
See  Flowers,  Gems. 

Lanman,  C:  Biographical  annals 
of  the  civil  government  of  the 
U.  S.  22. 

Larned,  J.  N.  History  for  ready 
reference,  50;  Literature  of  Ameri- 
can history,  52. 

Larousse,  P.  A.  Grand  dictionnaire 
universel  du  xixe  siecle,  11,  40,  43; 
Nouveau  Larousse  illustrC,  11. 

Larsen,  A.  Dictionary  of  the  Dano- 
Norwegian  and  English  lan- 
guages, 16. 


Last  words.    Marvin,  37. 

Latin  dictionaries.  Latin-English : 
Lewis  and  Short,  17. 

English-Latin :  Smith  and  Hall. 

17. 

Latin  proper  names.  Webster,  apx. 
14  ;  Worcester,  apx.  14. 

Law  —  bibliography.  MUhlbrecht, 
21,  74. 

commentaries.    Blackstone,  22; 

Kent,  22. 

cyclopedias.      American     and 

English  encyclopaedia,  22;  Cyclo- 
pedia of  law  and  procedure,  22. 

dictionaries.    Bouvier,  22. 

periodical  indexes.     Jones,  22, 

23,54. 

statutes.  U.  S.  —  Revised  stat- 
utes, 22. 

U.  S.  —  abstracts  of  state  laws. 

People's  cyclopedia,  v.  4,  apx.  11. 

See  also  Legislation. 

Lawyers.  Sharp  &  Alleman  co.'s 
lawyers'  and  bankers'  directory, 
45. 

Learned  societies.    See  Societies. 

Lee,  Sidney.  See  Stephen,  Leslie, 
and  Lee,  Sidney,  42. 

Lefevre-Pontalis,  Eugene.  Biblio- 
graphic des  society  savantes  de 
la  France,  60. 

Legal  holidays.  See  Holidays,  Legal. 

Legal  periodicals.  See  Law  —  peri- 
odical indexes. 

Legations.    See  Diplomatic  service. 

Legends.    Clement,  31. 

— —  See  also  Brewer,  35. 

Legislation  by  states  for  the  year. 
N.  Y.  (state)  —  Library,  22  ;  World 
almanac,  23. 

Legros.    See  Hamilton  and  Legros. 

Leland,  C :  G.  See  Barrere,  Albert, 
and  Leland,  C :  G.  15. 

Leon  and  brother.  Catalogue  of 
first  editions,  69. 

Leonard,  J:  W.  Who  's  who  in 
America,  42. 

Le  Soudier,  Henri.  Bibliographie 
franyaise,  71. 

Letter  postage.    See  Postage  rates. 

Letter  writing.  Gaskell,  24 ;  Hill,  24. 

Levy,  F.  N.  American  art  annual, 
31. 

Lewis,  C.  T :  and  Short,  C :  Harper's 
Latin  dictionary,  17. 

Leypoldt,  A.  H.,  and  lies,  G:  List 
of  books  for  girls  and  women,  75. 

Leypoldt,  F:  See  American  cata- 
logue, 68. 

Libraries.    Clegg,  33 ;  Minerva,  25. 

special  collections.     Lane  and 

Bolton,  77 ;  New  York  library 
club,  77,  78. 

statistics  of .  Private:  Hedeler, 

77;  public:  Richter,  77;  U.  S. — 
Bureau  of  education,  77. 

See  also  Willsey,  11. 

Library,  79. 

Library  assistant,  79. 

Library  association  record,  79. 

Library  catalogs.  See  Catalogs  of 
libraries. 

Library  journal,  79 ;  Index,  54 ; 
Changed  titles  in,  77. 

Library  of  American  literature. 
Stedman,  E.  C,  and  Hutchinson, 
E.  M.  34. 

Library  of  choice  literature.  Spof- 
ford,  A.  R.,  and  Gibbon,  C:  33. 

Library  of  Congress.  Alaska  and 
the  northwest  part  of  North 
America,  73. 

Check  list  of  American  news- 
papers, 56. 

List  of  books  on  Porto  Rico,  74. 

List  of  books  on  Samoa   and 

Guam,  74. 


96 


INDEX 


Library  of  Congress.  List  of  books 
on  the  Danish  West  Indies,  74. 

List  of  books  relating  to  Cuba, 

73. 

List  of  books  relating  to  inter- 
oceanic  canal  and  railway  routes, 
74. 

List  of  books  relating  to  the 

theory  of  colonization,  73. 

List  of  books  relating  to  trusts, 

74. 

List  of  maps  of  America,  49. 

Union  list  of  periodicals,  trans- 
actions and  allied  publications,  54. 

Library  of  the  world's  best  litera- 
ture. Warner,  C:  D.  and  others, 
33. 

Library  periodicals.  Centralblatt 
fur  bibliothekswesen,  79 ;  Library, 
79;  Library  assistant,  79  ;  Library 
association  record,  79 ;  Library 
journal,  79;  Library  world,  79; 
Public  libraries,  79;  Rivista  delle 
bibliotheche,  79. 

Library  world,  79. 

Liddell,  H :  G.,  and  Scott,  R.  Greek- 
English  lexicon,  17. 

Life-saving  stations— list  of.  U.  S. 
official  postal  guide,  25. 

Lippincott's  biographical  diction- 
ary.   Thomas,  Joseph,  41. 

Lippincott's  gazetteer  of  the  world, 
48. 

Literary  clubs.  Growoll,  59 ;  Liter- 
ary year-book,  33. 

Literary  criticism.  Allibone,  33, 
43 ;  Moulton,  33 ;  Warner,  33. 

See  also  American,  English. 

Literary  societies.    See  Societies. 

Literary  year-book,  33. 

Literature  —  annuals.  Literary 
year-book,  33. 

dictionaries.      Champlin,    33  ; 

Gidel  and  Loliee,  33;  Vapereau, 
33  ;  Warner,  33. 

historical  outline.    Willsey,  11. 

for  the  year.    Annual  register, 

51 ;  Appleton's  annual  cyclopae- 
dia, 10;  International  year  book, 
10 ;  Literary  year-book,  33. 

tables.    Nichol,  50. 

See   also  American,    English, 

etc. 

Literature  of  all  nations.  Haw- 
thorne, Julian,  33. 

Littell's  living  age.    Index,  54. 

Little,  C:  E.  Cyclopedia  of  classi- 
fied dates,  50  ;  Historical  lights, 
50. 

Little,  G:  T.  Helping  inquirers,  7; 
Instruction  in  the  use  of  refer- 
ence books  and  libraries,  7;  Teach- 
ing bibliography  to  college  stu- 
dents, ,65. 

Littr£,  Emile.     Dictionnaire  de  la 

*  langue  fran9aise,  16. 

Livermore,  Mrs.  M.  A.  (Rice).  See 
Willard,  F.  E.,  and  Livermore, 
Mrs.  M.  A.  (Rice),  45. 

Lloyd's  clerical  directory,  20. 

Local  government.  See  City  gov- 
ernment. 

Local  history.    Griffin,  52. 

Lock,  C :  G.  W.  Spon's  encyclopae- 
dia of  the  industrial  arts,  30. 

Logic.    Baldwin,  18. 

Loliee,  Frederic.  See  Gidel,  C:  A., 
and  Loliee,  Frederic. 

London  catalogue  of  books,  69. 

London  Times.    See  Times,  56. 

Longfellow,  H :  W.  Poets  and  poe- 
try of  Europe,  36. 

Longfellow,  W :  P.  P.  Cyclopaedia 
of  works  of  architecture  in  Italy, 
Greece,  and  the  Levant,  31. 

Lorenz,  O.  H.  Catalogue  general 
de  la  librairie  f  ran9aise,  70. 


Los  Angeles  public  library.  List 
of  novels  and  tales,  39. 

Lossing,  B.  J:  Harper's  popular 
cyclopaedia  of  U.  S.  history,  52. 

Low,  S.  J.,  and  Pulling,  F.  S.  Dic- 
tionary of  English  history,  51. 

Lowndes,  W:  T:  Bibliographer's 
manual  of  English  literature,  59, 
69. 

Lunt,  E:  C.  Key  to  the  publica- 
tions of  the  U.  S.  census,  63. 

Lutheran  church.  Jacobs  and  Haas, 
20. 

Lyrics.    Warner,  33. 

M'Clintock,  J :  and  Strong,  J.  Cy- 
clopaedia of  biblical,  theological, 
and  ecclesiastical  literature,  18, 
41. 

M'Culloch,  J:  R.  Dictionary  of 
commerce  and  commercial  navi- 
gation, 24. 

McGehee,  L.  P.,  ed.  See  American 
and  English  encyclopaedia  of  law, 
22. 

McKee,  T:  H.  National  conven- 
tions and  platforms,  21 ;  Note  on 
the  classes  and  printing  of  U.  S. 
public  documents,  61. 

Machinery.  Appleton,  29;  Benja- 
min, 29 ;  Knight,  29. 

Mackey,  A.  G.  Encyclopaedia  of 
freemasonry,  25. 

Mackey,  M.  S.,  and  M.  G.  Pronun- 
ciation of  10,000  proper  names,  47. 

Magnetism  —  bibliography.  Haf  er- 
korn  and  Heise,  v.  3,  31. 

Maine  —  bibliography.  Williamson, 
64. 

Maittaire,  Michael.  Annales  typo- 
graphic!, 67. 

Malcolm,  H.    Theological  index,  20. 

Mann,  Margaret.  Course  in  docu- 
ments in  the  University  of  Illinois 
library  school,  61. 

Mansfield,  J.  M.  See  Hall,  G.  S., 
and  Mansfield,  J.  M.  26. 

Manual  of  statistics,  24. 

Manufacturers.  Seeger  and  Guern- 
sey, 30;  Textile  manufacturers' 
directory,  45. 

Manufactures.  Beeton,24;  Colange, 
24  ;  Commercial  year-book,  24  ; 
Lock,  30;  Seeger  and  Guernsey, 
30;  Tomlinson,  26;  Ure,  26;  U.  S. 
—  Census  office.    Report,  24. 

Maps  —  list  of.  Library  of  Con- 
gress, 49. 

Maps  of  cities.  Baedeker,  50  ;  Rand 
McNally  &  co.,  48. 

See  also  Atlases,  Encyclope- 
dias. 

Marchmont's  Concise  handbook  of 
ancient  and  modern  literature,  77. 

Marindin,  G.  E.  See  Smith,  Sir  W : 
and  Marindin,  G.  E.  51. 

Marine  corps.  Callahan,  45;  Ha- 
mersly,  45. 

Marot,  Helen.  Handbook  of  labor 
literature,  21. 

Marriage  laws  of  states.  Tribune 
almanac,  23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

Marshall,  G:  W:  Genealogist's 
guide,  46. 

Marvin,  Cornelia.  Reference  work 
in  the  Armour  institute  library 
class.  7. 

Marvin,  F :  R.  The  last  words,  real 
and  traditional,  of  distinguished 
men  and  women,  37. 

Massachusetts  —  State  library.  Cat- 
alogue, 63. 

Massachusetts  library  club.  Dis- 
cussion on  reference  work,  7. 

Mathematics  —  bibliography  (an- 
nual). Jahrbuch  iiber  die  fort- 
schritte  der  mathematik,  74. 


Mathematics  —  dictionary.  Davies, 
27. 

Matson,  H :  References  for  literary 
workers,  57. 

Maxims.    Christy,  37 ;  Riley,  37. 

See  also  Proverbs,  Quotations. 

Mayor,  J.  B.  Guide  to  the  choice 
of  classical  books,  40. 

Measures.  See  Weights  and  mea- 
sures. 

Mechanic  arts.  Appleton,  29 ;  Ben- 
jamin, 29  ;  Dixon,  29  ;  Hasluck, 
29  ;  Haswell,  29  ;  Iconographic  en- 
cyclopaedia, v.  6,  11  ;  Knight,  29. 

Mechanical  engineering.  American 
society  of  mechanical  engineers, 
60  ;  Appleton,  29  ;  Knight,  29. 

Mechanics  —  bibliography.  Hafer- 
korn  and  Heise,  v.  4,  31. 

Medical  and  surgical  register  of  the 
U.  S.  and  Canada,  45. 

Medicine  —  bibliography.  Biblio- 
graphia  medica,  29,  74 ;  Index 
medicus,  29  ;  U.  S.  —  Surgeon- 
general's  office,  28. 

dictionaries.    Billings,  28  ;  Du- 

ane,  28 ;  Dunglison,  28 ;  Foster, 
28 ;  Gould,  28. 

periodical     indexes     (annual). 

Bibliographia  medica,  29. 

Medicines.    See  Drugs. 

Melzi,  B.    Italian  dictionary,  16. 

Melzi,  Gaetano,  conte.  Dizionario 
di  opere  anonime  e  pseudonime, 
77. 

Memorial  day.  Townsend,  p.  380, 
381,  52. 

Men  and  women  of  the  time.  Plarr, 
V.  G.  42. 

Men  of  the  reign.    Ward,  T :  H.  43. 

Metals.    Bolland,  30. 

Metaphysics.    Baldwin,  18. 

Methodist  church.    Simpson,  20. 

Metric  system.  Funk,  14;  Statisti- 
cian and  economist,  23;  Webster, 
apx.  14  ;  Willsey,  11 ;  World  al- 
manac, 23. 

Meyer,  H.  J.  Meyer's  konversa- 
tions-lexicon,  12. 

Michaelis.  Dictionary  of  the  Portu- 
guese and  English  languages,  16. 

Michaud,  J.  F.,  and  L.  G.  Bio- 
graphie  universelle,  41,  43. 

Michigan  —  State  library.  Cata- 
logue United  States  documents, 
63. 

Middle-English  dictionary.  Strat- 
mann,  16. 

Midland  railway  institute,  Derby, 
Eng.  —  Librarv.  Descriptive 
handbook  to  prose  fiction,  39. 

Military  academy  at  West  Point. 
SeeCullun^Gi'W.  44. 

Military  engineering.  Byrne  and 
Spon,  29. 

Military  officials.  See  Army  offi- 
cers. 

Military  posts  —  lists  of.  U.  S.  offi- 
cial postal  guide,  25. 

Military  science.    Farrow,  30. 

bibliography.     Haferkorn  and 

Heise,  v.  2,  31. 

Mill,  H.  R.  Hints  to  teachers  and 
students  on  the  choice  of  geo- 
graphical books,  48,  49. 

Millhouse,  J:  Italian  dictionary,  16. 

Millionaires  — list  of.  World  al- 
manac, 23. 

Milner,  A.  V.  Instruction  in  use  of 
catalogs  and  reference  books  in 
normal  schools,  7. 

Reference  sheets,  7. 

Milton,  J :  —  concordance.  Brad- 
shaw,  38. 

Milwaukee  —  Public  library.  Sys- 
tematic catalogue,  78;  List  of 
plays  in,  40. 


INDEX 


97 


Mineralogy.  Bolland,  30;  Chester, 
30  ;  Rothwell,  30  ;  U.  S.  — Geolo- 
gical survey,  30. 

bibliography.    "Weeks,  27. 

Minerva,  jahrbuch  der  gelehrten 
welt,  25,  59. 

Mining.    Tomlinson,  26  ;  Ure,  26. 

bibliography.     Haf erkorn  and 

Heise,  v.  5,  31. 

Ministers  (of  state).  See  Diplomatic 
service. 

Miracles.    Brewer,  20. 

Missionaries.      Bliss,  20. 

Missions.    Bliss,  20. 

Mississippi  —  bibliography.  Owen, 
64. 

Mitchell,  D.  G.,  and  Lang,  A.  Inter- 
national library  of  famous  litera- 
ture, 33. 

Mohammedan  religion.  Hughes, 
20. 

Molineux,  M.  A.  Phrase  book  from 
Browning,  38. 

Mollett,  J:W:  Illustrated  diction- 
ary of  words  used  in  art  and  ar- 
chaeology, 31. 

Monetary  systems  of  the  world. 
Muhleman,  25. 

See  also  Commercial  year-book, 

1901,  24. 

Moneys  —  value  of  foreign,  in  U.  S. 
money.  Commercial  year-book, 
24;  Funk  (Standard),  p.  366-369, 
14 ;  People's  cyclopedia,  v.  4,  apx. 
11 ;  Statistician  and  economist,  23 ; 
Tribune  almanac,  23;  Willsey,  11 ; 
World  almanac,  23. 

value   of  foreign   in    English 

money.    Clegg,  33.  • 

Monroe,  W.  S.  Bibliography  of 
education,  26. 

Monthly  cumulative  book-index,  68. 

Months  —  history  of  the.  Cham- 
bers, 26. 

Moore,  E.  L.  Reference  work  and 
special  lists,  7. 

Morgan,  H :  J.  Canadian  men  and 
women  of  the  time,  42. 

Morison,  M.  Time  table  of  modern 
history,  51. 

Morley,  J:  Diderot  and  the  Ency- 
clopaedists, 11. 

Morris,  C:  Handy  biographical 
dictionary,  42. 

Morris,  E :  E.    Austral  English,  15. 

Mortality  statistics.  U.  S. —  Cen- 
sus, 24 ;  World  almanac,  23. 

Mortgages.    Parsons,  22. 

statistics  of  U.  S.  U.  S.  —  Cen- 
sus office,  24. 

Morton,  A.  A.  See  Brodrick,  M., 
and  Morton,  A.  A.  51. 

Motors.    Appleton,  29;  Knight,  29. 

Mottet's  French  edition  of  Nichol- 
son, 28. 

Mottoes.    Riley,  37. 

See  also  Hoyt,  apx.  36. 

of  families  — American.  Ver- 
mont, 46. 

English.    Burke's  Peerage, 

46 ;  Fairbairn,  47. 

of  states.    Harper's  book   of 

facts,  52;  Townsend,  52. 

— See  also  People's  cyclo- 
pedia, v.  4,  apx.  11. 

See  also  Proverbs,  Quotations. 

Moulding.    See  Founding,  30. 

Moulton,  C :  W.  Library  of  literary 
criticism  of  English  and  Ameri- 
can authors,  33. 

Mountains  —  height  of.  Lippin- 
cott's  gazetteer,  48;  People's  cy- 
clopedia, v.  4,  apx.  11. 

list  of  principal.    Statistician 

and  economist,  23;  Tribune  al- 
manac, 23;  World  almanac,  23. 

Mourek,  V.  E.     Pocket  dictionary 


of  the  Bohemian  and  English 
languages,  16. 

Mourier,  Athenais,  and  Deltour,  F. 
Notice  sur  le  doctorat  es  lettres,  57. 

Catalogue  et  analyse  des  theses 

franpaises,  57. 

Mourning  — in  different  countries. 
Brewer,  35. 

Muhlbrecht,  Otto.  Uebersicht  der 
gesammten  staats-  u.  rechtswis- 
senschaftlichen  litteratur,  21,  74; 
Wegweiser  durch  die  neuere  lit- 
teratur der  rechts-  u.  staatswis- 
senschaften,  21. 

Muhleman,  M.  L.  Monetary  sys- 
tems of  the  world,  25. 

Mulhall,  M.  G:  Dictionary  of  sta- 
tistics, 23. 

Miiller,  Johannes.  Die  wissen- 
schaftlichen  vereine  und  gesell- 
schaften  Deutschlands,  60. 

Municipal  affairs,  21. 

Municipal  government.  Municipal 
year-book  of  the  United  Kingdom, 

bibliography.        Brooks,       21 ; 

Gross,  21;  Municipal  affairs,  21. 

Municipal  year-book  of  the  United 
Kingdom,  23. 

Munsell,  Joel,  pub.  American 
genealogist,  45;  Index  to  Ameri- 
can genealogies,  46 ;  List  of  titles 
of  genealogical  articles  in  Ameri- 
can periodicals,  46. 

Muret-Sanders.  German  diction- 
ary, 16. 

Murlin,  E.  R.  United  States  red 
book,  21. 

Murray,  J:    Guide-books,  50. 

Murray,  J.  A.  H :  Evolution  of  Eng- 
lish lexicography,  13;  New  Eng- 
lish dictionary,  13,  14. 

Museums.    Minerva,  25. 

Music.  Champlin,  32  ;  Grove,  32  ; 
Riemann,  32  ;  Stainer,  32. 

bibliography.    F^tis,  44 ;  Kreh- 

biel,  31. 

(annual).     Hofmeister,  74. 

Musical  publications.  U.  S.  —  Copy- 
rights office,  69. 

Musicians.  Baker,  44;  Brown,  44 ; 
Champlin,  32;  Fetis,  44 ;  Grove, 
32;  Riemann,  32. 

Mythology.  Peck,  51 ;  Seyffert,  51 ; 
Smith,  43  ;  Thomas  (Lippincott's), 
41 ;  Smith  (Century),  35. 

See  also  Funk,  14  ;  Reddall,  35; 

also  Hindu  religion,  20. 

Mythology  in  art.    Clement,  31. 

Nachtmann,  Mrs.  Alice  Newman. 
Index  to  subject  bibliographies, 
73. 

Names.    Smith  (Century),  35. 

meaning  of  women's.    Browne, 

45. 

pronunciation.      Mackey,     47; 

Phyfe,  15  ;  Smith  (Century),  35 ; 
Thomas  (Lippincott's),  41. 

See  also  Warner,  33;  Web- 
ster, apx.  14 ;  Worcester,  apx.  14. 

of   English.    Who 's   who, 

1902,  pref.  43. 

See  also  Characters,  Christian 

names,  Geographic  names,  Scrip- 
ture names,  Surnames. 

Nation.    Analytical  index,  54. 

National  bibliographies— list  of. 
Growoll,  67  ;  N.  Y.  (state)  —  Li- 
brary, 67. 

National  colors.  See  Colors,  na- 
tional. 

National  convention  for  revising 
the  Pharmacopoeia.  Pharmaco- 
poeia of  the  United  States,  28. 

National  cyclopaedia  of  American 
biography,  42. 


National  debts.  Bliss,  20 ;  Willsey, 
11 ;  World  almanac,  23. 

National  educational  association. 
Index  to  volumes  of  its  Proceed- 
ings, 60. 

National  flowers.  See  Flowers  — 
national. 

Natural  history,  27,  28. 

Nautical  almanac.  American 
ephemeris,  27. 

Naval  engineering.  Byrne  and 
Spon,  29. 

Naval  officers.  Callahan,  45 ;  Ha- 
mersly,  30,  45;  Powell  and  Ship- 
pen,  44  ;  U.  S.  —  Interior  dept. 
Official  register,  22,  45  ;  U.  S.  — 
Navy  dept.,  45. 

Naval  science.    Hamersly,  30. 

bibliography.    Haferkorn    and 

Heise,  v.  2,  31. 

Naval  statistics.  World  almanac, 
23. 

Navies  of  the  world.  World  alma- 
nac, 23. 

Navigation.  American  ephemeris, 
27. 

Navy  — U.  S.    Townsend,  52. 

Navy  list,  45. 

Necrologies.  Plarr,  42  ;  Vapereau, 
42  ;  Wilson  (Appleton's),  v.  7,  42. 

annual.    Annual  register,  51  ; 

Appleton's  annual,  10  ;  Fletcher 
and  Bowker,  53 ;  International 
year  book,  10,  11 ;  Leonard,  42  ; 
Literary  year-book,  33  ;  Who  's 
who,  43. 

by  days  and  months.  Chambers, 

26;  Little's  Classified  dates,  50. 

Neve,  J  :  Concordance  to  Cowper, 
38. 

Nevin,  A.  Encyclopaedia  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  20. 

New  American  cyclopaedia.  See 
American  cyclopaedia,  10. 

New  Hampshire  —  bibliography. 
New  Hampshire  —  State  librarian, 
64. 

State  librarian.    Report,  64. 

New  Jersey  —  bibliography.  New 
Jersey  —  State  librarian,  64. 

State  librarian.    Report,  64. 

New  Jersey  historical  society. 
Some  account  of  American  news- 
papers, 56. 

New  Year's  day.    Chambers,  26. 

New  York  (city)  —  Public  library. 
Bulletin,  79. 

New  York  (state)  —  Library.  Bul- 
letin, legislation,  no.  15,22  ;  Class 
list  of  a  $500  library,  76;  Fifty  best 
books  for  a  village  library,  75; 
Index  to  subject  bibliographies, 
73;  Selected  national  bibliogra- 
phies, 67 ;  Selected  reference 
books,  7;  Selected  subject  biblio- 
graphies, 73,  74  ;  Selection  from 
the  best  books  of  the  year,  75  ; 
Selection  of  reference  books  for 
use  of  cataloguers,  7. 

New  York  (state)  —  University. 
University  extension  department, 
75. 

New  York  daily  Tribune.  Index, 
55,  56. 

New  York  library  club.  Libraries 
of  Greater  New  York,  77,  78. 

New  York  Times.    Index,  56. 

Newark  —  Public  library.  Finding- 
list,  78. 

Newspaper  almanacs.  Chicago 
Daily  News,  23  ;  Tribune,  23 ; 
World,  23. 

Newspapers  —  indexes  to.  London 
Times,  55,  56 ;  New  York  Times, 
55,  56 ;  New  York  Tribune,  55,  56. 

See    also     Fletcher     and 

Bowker,  53. 


98 


INDEX 


Annuaire,  56. 
Who 's  who,  pref . 

Dictionary    of 


Newspapers  —  lists  —  American. 
Ayer,  56  ;  New  Jersey  historical 
society,  56;  Library  of  Congress, 
56  ;  Rowell,  56  ;  U.  S.  —  Census 
office,  56;  Wisconsin  state  his- 
torical society,  56. 

English.    Sell,  56  ;  Willing, 

56. 

foreign.    Sell,  56;  Willing, 

56. 

— — French. 

London. 

43. 

Newton,     Alfred, 
birds,  27. 

Nichol,  J:  Tables  of  ancient  lit- 
erature and  history,  50  ;  Tables  of 
European  history,  50. 

Nicholson,  G.  Illustrated  diction- 
ary of  gardening,  28. 

Nicknames.    Frey,  35 ;  Reddall,  35. 

See  also  Brewer,  35  ;    Brewer, 

50  ;  Webster,  14  ;  Wheeler,  35  ; 
Wilson  (Appleton's),  v.  7  :  291,  42. 

geographic.    Reddall,  35. 

national.    Brewer,  p.  615,  35. 

states,  cities.    See  also  Bartlett, 

p.  812-813, 15;  People's  cyclopedia, 
apx.  11 ;  Townsend,  52  ;  Tribune 
almanac,  23  ;  Brown  and  Strauss 
(cities),  21. 

Nineteenth  century  —  events  of  the. 
Appleton's  Annual  cyclopaedia, 
1900,  p.  430,  10. 

progress  of  the.    International 

year-book,  1900,  apx.  10, 11. 

La  noblesse  beige,  47. 

Nordisk  familjebok,  12. 

Normal  schools  —  instruction  in 
reference  books.  Adams,  6; 
Milner,  7  ;  Warren,  7. 

Norsk  bog  f  ortegnelse,  72. 

North  American  review.  Index, 
54. 

Norwegian  bibliography.  Norsk 
bog  f  ortegnelse,  72. 

Norwegian  dictionaiy.    Larsen,  16. 

Noted  books.    See  Books. 

Noted  names  in  fiction.  See  Char- 
acters in  fiction. 

Noted  sayings.  Bent,  37  ;  Brewer, 
v.  10,  33  ;  Stedman  and  Hutchin- 
son, 11 :  446-462,  also  index,  p.  630, 
34. 

See  also  Bombaugh,  35 ;  Brown 

and  Strauss,  21;  Reddall,  35; 
Walsh,  35. 

Notes  and  queries,  34. 

Novels.    See  Fiction. 

Nuova  enciclopedia  italiana,  12. 

Obituaries.    See  Necrologies. 
Obsolete  words.  Halliwell-Phillips, 

15  ;  Wright,  15. 
■O'Connor,  E.  N.    Index  to  the  works 

of  Shakspere,  39. 
Oettinger,    E.    M.      Bibliographie 

biographique     universelle,      48 ; 

Moniteur  des  dates,  41. 
•Official  army  list,  45. 
Official  gazette.    See  U.  S.  —  Patent 

office. 
Official  register.     U.  S.  —  Interior 

dept.  22. 
•Official  year-book  of  the  Church  of 

England,  20. 
Officials.    See  Government  officials. 
Ogilvie,  J:    Imperial  dictionary,  13. 
Ohio  —  bibliography.    Hayes,  64. 
Operas.  American  dramatists'  club, 

40. 
See  also   Champlin   and    Ap- 

thorp,  32 ;  Brewer,  apx.  35. 
Orations.    Brewer,  33.. 
Oratorios.    Brewer,   35;   Champlin 

and  Apthorp,  32. 
Orators.    Brewer,  33. 


Orders  (American).    Zieber,  46. 

Orders  of  chivalry.  Funk  (Stand- 
ard), p.  1238,  14. 

Orders  of  knighthood.  See  Knight- 
hood —  orders  of. 

Oriental  studies.  Orientalische 
bibliographie,  74. 

Orientalische  bibliographie,  74. 

Origins  of  things.    See  Allusions. 

Osterhout  free  library,  Wilkes- 
barre,  Pa.  Class  catalogue,  78 ; 
Finger-posts  to  the  reference  li- 
brary, 7. 

Owen,  T.  McA.  Bibliography  of 
Alabama,  64 ;  Bibliography  of 
Mississippi,  64. 

Oxford  dictionary.  Murray,  J.  A. 
H:13. 

Painters.  Bryan,  44;  Champlin,  32  ; 
Clement,  44  ;  James,  44. 

list  of  famous.    Willsey,  11. 

tables,     of    various     schools. 

Clement,  44. 

Painting.  Champlin,  32  ;  Icono- 
graphic  encyclopaedia,  v.  3, 11. 

bibliography.       Farrar,       31  ; 

Sturgis,  31. 

Paintings  —  catalog  of,  in  European 
galleries.    Clement,  31. 

galleries  where   to   be  found. 

Clement,  31 ;  Soule  art  company, 
32. 

Paleontology.  See  Geology  —  bibli- 
ography, 27. 

Palgrave,  R.  H.  I.  Dictionary  of 
political  economy,  21. 

Panzer,  G.  W.  F.  Annales  typo- 
graphic!, 67. 

Parker,  J:  H:  Concise  glossary  of 
terms  used  in  architecture,  32 ; 
Glossary  of  terms  used  in  archi- 
tecture, 32. 

Parliament  —  members  of.  See 
Government  officials  —  England. 

Parsons,  Theophilus.  Laws  of  busi- 
ness, 22. 

Parties  —  political.  See  Political 
parties. 

Patent  laws.    Parsons,  22. 

Patents.    U.  S.  —  Patent  office,  30. 

Patron  saints.    Brewer,  35,  p.  861, 50. 

Peabody  institute.  Catalogue  of 
the  library,  40,  57,  63,  78. 

Peck,  H.  T.  Harper's  dictionary  of 
classical  literature  and  antiqui- 
ties, 51. 

Peck,  W.  G.  See  Da  vies,  C:  and 
Peck,  W.  G.  27. 

Pedagogical  seminary.  Biblio- 
graphy of  child  study,  74. 

Pedigrees.  See  Genealogy,  Peer- 
age. 

Peerage.  Burke's  Peerage,  46 ; 
Burke's  Extinct  peerage,  46;  Co- 
kayne,  46  ;  Doyle,  46. 

annual.     Dod,  46  ;    Kelly,  46  ; 

Whitaker,  46. 

Peet,  L :  H.    Who 's  the  author,  35. 

Pellechet,  M.  C.  H.  Catalogue  ge- 
neral des  incunables,  67. 

Penmanship.    Gaskell,  24. 

Pen-names.    See  Pseudonyms. 

Pennsylvania  —  State  librarian.  Re- 
port, 64. 

Pennsylvania — bibliography.  Penn. 
—  State  librarian,  64. 

Pennsylvania  historical  society  — 
Library.  Card  index  to  family 
histories,  45. 

Penny  cyclopedia,  10. 

People  of  the  period.  Pratt,  A.  T. 
C.  42. 

People's  cyclopedia,  11. 

Periodicals,  53-55. 

Periodicals  —  indexes  —  American. 
American  monthly  review  of  re- 


views, 54  ;  Cumulative,  53,  54  ; 
Fletcher  and  Bowker,  53 ; 
Fletcher  and  Poole,  53  ;  Jones, 
54  ;  Reader's  guide,  54. 

Periodicals  —  indexes  —  English. 
Review  of  reviews,  54. 

French.    Jordell,  54. 

German.    Dietrich,  54. 

list  of.     Boston  —  Public 

library,  54  ;  British  museum  — 
Library,  72  ;  Stein,  54,  72. 

technical.     By     authors  : 

Royal  society  of  London,  55  ;  by 
subjects  :  Repertorium  der  tech- 
nischen  journal-litteratur,  55. 

See    also    Chemistry, 

Electricity,  Engineering,  Medi- 
cine ;  also  names  of  periodicals. 

See  also  California  univer- 
sity —  Library,  57 ;  Cotgreave,  57 ; 
also  names  of  periodicals,  Atlan- 
tic, Harper,  etc. 

lists.  British  museum  —  Li- 
brary, 54 ;  Library  of  Congress, 
54. 

American.  Ayer,  56;  Row- 
ell, 56  ;  U.  S.  -  Census  office,  56  ; 
U.  S.  —  Copyrights  office,  69. 

See  also  Roorbach,  68. 

English.   Sell,  56;  Willing, 

56. 

French.     Annuaire   de  la 

presse  franfaise,  56. 

technical.       Bolton,     55  ; 

Scudder,  55. 

See  also    Newspapers,    Union 

lists. 

Perkins,  C :  C.  See  Champlin,  J :  D., 
jr.,  and  Perkins,  C:  C. 

Perkins,  F :  B.    Best  reading,  75. 

Perry,  J.  T.  Chronology  of  mediae- 
val and  renaissance  architecture, 
32. 

Petermann's  Mittheilungen.  Geo- 
graphischer  litteratur-bericht,  74. 

Petrology.  See  Geology  —  bibli- 
ography, 27. 

Pettersen,  Hjalmar.  Anonymer  og 
pseudonymer,  77. 

Petzholdt,  Julius.  Bibliotheca 
bibliographica,  72. 

Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States. 
See  National  convention  for  re- 
vising the  Pharmacopoeia,  28. 

Philadelphia  mercantile  library. 
Bulletins,  39. 

Phillips,  J.  O.  Halliwell-.  See  Hal- 
liwell-Phillips, J.  0. 15. 

Phillips,  L.  B.  Dictionary  of  bio- 
graphical reference,  41. 

Philobiblion,  77. 

Philology.  See  Classical,  English, 
German,  Romance,  Oriental,  Se- 
mitic, etc. 

Philosophers.    Baldwin,  18. 

list  of.    Willsey,  11. 

Philosophy.  Baldwin,  18;  Fleming, 
18. 

bibliography.    Baldwin,  18. 

Photographs.  Soule  art  company, 
32. 

Photography  —  annuals.  American 
annual,  32  ;  International  annual, 
32. 

dictionaries.    Woodbury,  32. 

See  also  Hopkins,  29. 

Phrases.  Adams,  34  ;  Bartlett,  36; 
Brewer,  35;  Christy,  37;  Edwards, 
35  ;  Fellows,  15  ;  Reddall,  35. 

— —  See  also  Bartlett,  36;  Notes  and 
queries  (index  vols.),  34. 

See  also  Foreign  phrases  and 

words,  Proverbs,  Quotations. 

Phyfe,  W:  H:  P.  Five  thousand 
facts  and  fancies,  35 ;  Seven  thou- 
sand words  often  mispronounced, 
15. 


INDEX 


99 


Physicians.  Medical  and  surgical 
register,  45. 

Physics.  Fortschritte  der  physik, 
74. 

Pictures.    See  Paintings. 

Pierce,  G.  A.  Dickens  dictionary, 
38. 

Place  -  names.  See  Geographic 
names. 

Places  — facts  relating  to.  Haydn, 
50;  Little,  50;  Willsey's  Harper's 
book  of  facts,  11. 

See  also  Atlases,  Geographic, 

Geography. 

legends  of.    Clement,  31. 

Plagues  —  list  of.  People's  cyclo- 
pedia, v.  4,  apx.  11. 

Planche,  J.  R.  Cyclopaedia  of  cos- 
tume, 26. 

Plans  of  cities  —  ancient.  Smith, 
49. 

Plarr,  V.  G.  Men  and  women  of  the 
time,  42. 

Platforms,  political.  See  Political 
platforms. 

Plays.    See  Dramas. 

Pliny.    Historia  naturalis,  9. 

Ploetz,  Carl.  Epitome  of  ancient, 
mediaeval,  and  modern  history, 
50. 

Plots.    Brewer's  Reader's,  35. 

See  also  Warner,  v.  302  33. 

Plummer,  M.  W.  Reading-room 
and  reference-room  work,  7. 

Poems  —  authorship  of.  Durfee, 
36. 

See    also     Stedman    and 

Hutchinson,  v.  11  (index),  34  ; 
Warner,  v.  30  (index),  33;  also 
Goss  and  Baker's  St.  Nicholas  in- 
dex, 76. 

See     also     Anthologies  — 

poetical,  Recitations. 

dates  of.    Brewer,  apx.  35. 

Poetical  selections.  See  Antholo- 
gies, Poems. 

Poets.    Longfellow,  36. 

See  also  Authors. 

Poets-laureate  —  list  of.  Willsey, 
11. 

Polish  dictionary.  Kierst  and  Cal- 
lier,  16. 

Political  economy.    See  Economics. 

Political  history.    Gooch,  51. 

Political  nomenclature.  Reddall, 
35. 

Political  parties.  Bliss,  21  ;  Brown, 
21  ;  Lalor,  21  ;  McKee,  21. 

—  See  also  Townsend,  52 ;  Tribune 
almanac,  23. 

Political  platforms.    McKee,  21. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23  ; 

World  almanac,  23. 

Political  science  —  bibliography. 
Bowker  and  lies,  20,  21  ;  Miihl- 
brecht,  21,  74 ;  Stammhammer, 
21. 

dictionaries.    Bliss,  20  ;  Brown, 

21;  Handworterbuch,  21;  Lalor, 
21. 

periodical  indexes.    Jones,  23, 

54. 

references  for  debates.  Brook- 
ings and  Ringwalt,  57 ;  Matson,  57. 

Politician's  handbook,  23. 

Poole,  Mary.  See  Fletcher,  W:  I : 
and  Poole,  Mary,  53. 

Poole,  R.  L.  Historical  atlas  of 
modern  Europe,  49. 

Poole,  W:  F:  and  Fletcher,  W:  I: 
Index  to  periodical  literature,  53. 

Poor,  H:  v.  Manual  of  the  rail- 
roads of  the  U.  S.  24. 

Poore,  B:P.  Descriptive-catalogue 
of  the  government  publications 
of  the  U.  S.  62 ;  Political  register 
and  congressional  directory,  21. 


Pope,  Alexander  —  concordance. 
Abbott,  38. 

Popes  — list  of.  Morison,  51;  Will- 
sey, 11. 

Popular  science  monthly.  Index, 
54. 

Population.  Commercial  year- 
book, 24. 

1900  census.  Lippincott's  ga- 
zetteer (Supplement,  p.  2495- 
2636),  48. 

of  cities  and  countries.    Chis- 

holm,  48;  Lippincott's  gazetteer, 
48;  Rand,  McNally  &  co.  48. 

See  also  U.  S.  —population. 

Porter,  Noah.  Books  and  reading, 
75. 

Porto  Rico  —  bibliography.  Li- 
brary of  Congress,  74. 

Portraits.  American  library  as- 
sociation, 47  ;  Samuel,  47. 

indexed  in  Cumulative  index, 

54. 

Americans.   Appleton's  annual 

cyclopaedia,  10 ;  International 
year  book,  10, 11 ;  National  cyclo- 
paedia, 42;  Wilson,  42. 

authors.  Chambers's  cyclopae- 
dia of  English  literature,  34;  Moul- 
ton,  33  ;  Stedman  and  Hutchin- 
son, 34  ;  Warner,  33. 

Portuguese  dictionary.  Michaelis, 
16. 

Post-office  officials.  U.  S.  —  Dept. 
of  the  interior,  22. 

Post-offices.  U.  S.  official  postal 
guide,  25. 

Postage  rates.  U.  S.  official  postal 
guide,  25. 

See  also  Commercial  year-book, 

24  ;  Tribune  almanac,  23;  World 
almanac,  23. 

Postage  stamps.  Scott  stamp  and 
coin  co.  25. 

Powell,  W:  H.  List  of  officers  of 
the  army  of  the  U.  S.  44. 

and  Shippen,  E  :      Officers  of 

the  army  and  navy,  44. 

Power,  J :  Handy-book  about 
books,  72. 

Pratt,  A.  T.  C.  People  of  the  period, 
42. 

Pratt  institute  library.  Reference 
work  in,  7. 

Preble,  G:  H:  History  of  the  flag 
of  the  U.  S.  47. 

Precedence  —  order  of  —  English. 
Burke's  Peerage,  pref.  46  ;  Kelly, 
pref .  46. 

Precious  stones  —  language  of.  See 
Gems. 

symbolism  of.    Brewer,  35. 

Prepositions  —  use  of.  Fellows,  14 ; 
Fernald,  14. 

See  also  Funk  (Standard), 

14. 

Presbyterian  church.    Nevin,  20. 

Presidential  campaigns.  Inter- 
national year  book,  10,  11  ;  Ap- 
pleton's annual,  10. 

See  also  Almanacs,  Statistician 

and  economist,  23. 

Presidents.    Murlin,  22. 

Presidents  —  list  of.  See  Govern- 
ment officials  — U.  S. 

rhymed    list    of.      Townsend, 

p.  309,  52. 

Presidents'  cabinets.  See  Cabinets 
—  presidential. 

Presidents'  portraits.  Harper's 
encyclopaedia,  51. 

Presidents' sobriquets.  Townsend, 
52. 

Press.    See  Newspapers,  56. 

Presses  —  private.    Lowndes,  69. 

Preusser.    See  Thieme-Preusser,  16. 

Prices  of  books.  See  Auction  prices 


m: 


of  books,  Bibliographies,  Choice 
of  books,  Rare  books. 

Prime  ministers  —  tables  of.  Gooch, 
apx.  51. 

Princeton  theological  seminary  li- 
brary.   Catalogue,  20. 

Printing.  American  dictionary  of 
printing,  30;  Timperley,  30. 

bibliography.      Bigmore     and 

Wyman,  30. 

Printing  clubs  —  list  of.  English 
catalogue,  69. 

Printing-presses  —  list  of  places 
which  have  contained.    Stein,  72. 

Printing  terms.    Power,  73. 

Private  presses.    Lowndes,  69. 

Processes.    See  Receipts. 

Proctor,  Robert.  Index  to  the  early 
printed  books  in  the  British  mu- 
seum, 67. 

Products.  Lock,  30  ;  Seeger  and 
Guernsey,  30. 

See  also  Commercial  year-book, 

24  ;  Tribune  almanac,  23  ;  U.  S.— 
Bureau  of  statistics,  24. 

statistics  of.   U.  S.  —  Bureau  of 

statistics,  24. 

Professional  instruction  in  biblio- 
round  table  meeting, 
L.  A.  65. 

Prohibition.  Cyclopaedia  of  tem- 
perance, 18. 

Pronunciation  —  difficulties  of. 
Phyfe,  15. 

disputed.    Funk,  apx.  14. 

foreign    languages.      Thomas 

(Lippincott's),  introd.  41. 

proper  names.    See  Names. 

See  also  Dictionaries. 

Proof-reading.  Gaskell,  24;  Hill, 
24;  Webster,  apx.  14;  Worcester, 
apx.  14. 

See  also  American  dictionary 

of  printing,  30. 

Proper  names.    See  Names. 

Protestant  episcopal  church.  Amer- 
ican church  almanac,  20 ;  Lloyd's 
clerical  directory,  20  ;  Whittaker's 
churchman's  almanac,  20. 

Proverbs.  Adams,  34 ;  Bartlett,  36 ; 
Bohn,  37;  Christy,  37;  Halliwell- 
Phillips,  15;  Riley,  37. 

See  also  Notes  and  queries  (in- 
dex vols.),  34. 

See  also  Quotations. 

Providence  —  Public  library. 
Monthly  bulletin,  73;  Quarterly 
index  to  reference  lists,  73. 

Pseudonyms.  Adams,  34;  Cham- 
bers's, apx.  42;  Foley,  apx.  69; 
Reddall,  35 ;  Wilson  (Appleton's), 
42. 

American.    Cushing,  77. 

Dutch.    Doorninck,  77. 

English.     Halkett  and  Laing, 

77 ;  Marchmont,  77. 

French.    Querard,  77 ;  Barbier, 

77 ;  Brunet,  77. 

German.    Weller,  77. 

Italian.    Melzi,  77. 

Scandinavian.    Collin,  77;  Pet- 

tersen,  77. 

women.    Browne,  45. 

See  also  Brewer,  35 ;  Literary 

year-book,  33 ;  People's  Cyclope- 
dia, apx.  11 ;  Wheeler,  35 ;  Who 's 
who,  pref.  1902,  43;  also  Book- 
prices  current.  Index,  70 ;  Li- 
brary journal,  77. 

Psychological  review.  Psychologi- 
cal index,  18,  74. 

Psychology.  Baldwin,  18;  Flem- 
ing, 18. 

bibliography.    Baldwin,  18. 

(annual).    L'annee  psycho- 

logique,  74 ;  Psychological  review, 
18,  74. 


100 


INDEX 


Public  documents.  See  U.  S.  — 
public  documents. 

Public  libraries,  79. 

Public  schools.    See  Schools. 

Publishers'  catalogs.  American : 
Publishers'  trade  list  annual,  69 ; 
English:  Reference  catalogue  of 
current  literature,  70 ;  French : 
Le  Soudier,  71 ;  German :  Russell, 
71. 

Publishers'  circular,  70. 

Publishers  —  directory  of  (Ameri- 
can). Monthly  cumulative  book- 
index,  68;  American  catalogue, 
68  ;  United  States  catalog,  68. 

(English).  English  cata- 
logue annual,  70;  Literary  year- 
book, 33 ;  Clegg,  33. 

See  also  National  bibliogra- 
phies. 

Publishers'  trade  list  annual,  69. 

Publishers'  weekly,  68. 

American  educational  cata- 
logue in,  26,  69. 

Pulling,  F.  S.  See  Low,  S.  J.,  and 
Pulling,  F.  S.  51. 

Quain,  R:    Dictionary  of  medicine, 

28. 
Qualifications   for  voting  —  U.   S. 

Statistician   and   economist,   23; 

World  almanac,  23. 
Quaritch,  Bernard.     General  cata- 
logue of  books,  66. 
Querard,  J.  M.   La  France  litteraire, 

70;  La  litterature  fran?aise  con- 

temporaine,  70 ;  Supercheries  lit- 

teraires  devoilees,  77. 
Quilter,     Harry.      What's     what, 

10. 
Quotations.    Bartlett,  36 ;  Hoyt,  36 ; 

Wale,  36. 
classical.     Belton,  37;  Harbot- 

tle,  37;    Jones,  37;    Ramage,  37; 

Riley,  37. 
foreign.    Belton,  37;  Harbottle, 

37;  Hoyt,  36;  Jones,  37;  Ramage, 

37  ;  Webster,  apx.  14  ,  Worcester, 

apx.  14. 
poetical.   Allibone,  36 ;  Durfee, 

36. 
prose.    Allibone,  36 ;  Edwards, 

37. 

for  occasions.    Wood,  37. 

See  also  Adams,  34  ;  Notes  and 

queries  (index  vols.),  34. 

Racinet,  A.  C.  A.  Le  costume  his- 
torique,  26. 

Railroad  routes.  Rand,  McNally  & 
co.  49. 

See  also  Smith  (Century),  48. 

Railroads.  Poor,  24 ;  Travelers'  offi- 
cial guide,  25  ;  U.  S.  —  Interstate 
commerce  commission,  25. 

See  also  Commercial  year-book, 

24  ;  Manual  of  statistics,  24. 

Raines,  C.  W.  Bibliography  of 
Texas,  64. 

Ramage,  C.  T.  Familiar  quota- 
tions, 37. 

Rand,  McNally  &  co.'s  enlarged 
business  atlas,  49. 

Rand,  McNally  &  co.  Indexed  atlas 
of  the  world,  48;  Rand-McNally 
new  standard  atlas  of  the  world, 
49. 

Rare  books.  Brunet,  66  ;  Ebert,  66 ; 
Georgi,  66;  Grasse,  66;  Quaritch, 
66. 

See  also  Americana,  Auction 

prices  of  books,'  Bibliography, 
First  editions,  Incunabula. 

Rates  of  postage.  See  Postage 
rates. 

Rathbone,  J.  A.  Instruction  in  the 
use  of  reference  books,  7. 


Ray,  J:  Collection  of  English  pro- 
verbs, 37. 

Reader's  guide  to  periodical  litera- 
ture, 54. 

Reading  courses.  Perkins,  75; 
Towne  (Warner),  33. 

See  also  Choice  of  books. 

Receipts.  Brannt  and  Wahl,  29  ; 
Cooley,  29 ;  Hasluck,  29  ;  Hopkins, 
29. 

for  books,  etc.    Power,  73. 

Recitations  —  list  of.  Werner's  di- 
rectory, 36. 

Recreations  of  noted  Englishmen. 
Who 's  who,  43. 

Red-letter  days.     See  Days. 

Reddall,  H:  F:  Fact,  fancy,  and 
fable,  35. 

Rees's  Cyclopaedia,  10. 

Reference  books  —  lists  of.  Abbott, 
6;  Baker,  6;  British  museum  — 
Library,  6 ;  John  Crerar  library, 
Chicago,  7 ;  New  York  (state)  — 
Library,  7;  Osterhout  library,  7; 
Plummer,7;  Reynolds  library,  7; 
San  Francisco  —  Public  library, 
7  ;  Spofford,  7  ;  Wheatley,  8;  Win- 
sor,  8  ;  Woodruff,  8. 

their  value.    Quotations,  2. 

Reference  catalogue  of  current  lit- 
erature, 70. 

Reference  work  in  libraries,  7. 

Reforms.    See  Social  reforms. 

Reid,  J.  B.  Complete  concordance 
to  Burns,  38. 

Religion  —  bibliography.  See  The- 
ology —  bibl  iography. 

dictionaries.     M'Clintock  and 

Strong,  18  ;  Schaff,  18. 

Religions  of  the  world.  Appleton's 
annual  cyclopaedia,  1901,  p.  579,  10; 
World  almanac,  23. 

Religious  denominations.  Apple- 
ton's  annual  cyclopaedia,  10. 

U.  S.  U.  S.  —  Census  office,  12th 

census.    Report,  24. 

Religious  organizations  (U.  S.). 
Tribune  almanac,  23. 

Religious  rites  and  ceremonies. 
Walsh,  26. 

Religious  statistics.  World  al- 
manac, 23. 

Religious  year-books.  American 
church  almanac,  20  ;  Official  year- 
book, 20 ;  Whittaker,  20. 

R^nouard,  A.  A.  Annales  de  l'im- 
primerie  des  Aides,  67. 

Repertoire  bibliographique  de  la 
librairie  fran9aise,  71. 

Repertorium  der  technischen  jour- 
nal-litteratur,  55. 

Review  of  reviews.  Index  to  pe- 
riodicals, 54. 

Revue  bibliographique,  72. 

Revue  des  deux  mondes.  Table  ge- 
nerate, 54. 

Reynolds  library,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Reference  catalogue,  7. 

Rhymes.    Walker,  15. 

Richardson,  Charles.  New  diction- 
ary of  the  English  language,  13. 

Richardson,  C:  F.  Choice  of  books, 
75. 

Richardson,  E.  C.  Reference- 
books,  7. 

Richter,  P.  E.  Verzeichniss  der 
bibliotheken,  77. 

Riemann,  Hugo.  Dictionary  of 
music,  32. 

Rietstap,  J.  B.  Armorial  general,  47. 

Riley,  H:  T.  Dictionary  of  Latin 
and  Greek  quotations,  37. 

Ringelberg's  Cyclopedia,  9. 

Ringwalt,  R.  C.  See  Brookings,  W. 
Du  B.,  and  Ringwalt,  R.  C.  57. 

Ripley,  George,  ed.  See  American 
cyclopaedia,  10. 


Rites.    Walsh,  26. 

Rivers  —  list  of  principal.  People's 
cyclopedia,  v.  4,  apx.  11 ;  Statisti- 
cian and  economist,  23. 

length  of.  Lippincott's  gazet- 
teer, 48. 

Rivista  delle  bibliotheche,  79. 

Rohrig  and  others.  Technological 
dictionary,  26. 

Rogers,  May.    Waverley  dictionary, 

Roget,  P.  M.  Thesaurus  of  English 
words  and  phrases,  15. 

Roman  antiquities.  Cornish,  51 ; 
Peck,  51 ;  Seyffert,  51 ;  Smith,  51. 

Roman  biography.     Smith,  43. 

Roman  catholic  church.  See  Catho- 
lic church. 

Roman  geography.    Smith,  49. 

Romance  languages.  Kritischer 
jahresbericht,  74. 

Roorbach,  O.  A.  Bibliotheca  Ameri- 
cana, 68. 

Rose,  G:  M.  Cyclopaedia  of  Cana- 
dian biography,  42. 

Rothwell,  R :  P.  Mineral  industry, 
30. 

Rowell,  G:  P.,  &  co.  American 
newspaper  directory,  56. 

Roxburgh's  Handbook  of  Jamaica, 
23. 

Royal  families.  Almanach  de  Go- 
tha, 23. 

genealogical  tables.      Labber- 

ton,  49;  Larned,  50  ;  Morison,  apx. 
51. 

Royal  family  of  England.  Burke, 
46;  Kelly,  pref.  46;  Whitaker,  23  ; 
Who 's  who,  pref.  43. 

Royal  household  — England.  Whit- 
aker, 23. 

Royal  lineage  —  England.  Burke, 
pref.  46. 

Royal  society  of  London.  Cata- 
logue of  scientific  papers,  55,  59. 

Rulers  of  nations.  Almanach  de 
Gotha,  23. 

list  of  living.     Statistician  and 

economist,  23 ;  Tribune  almanac, 
23;  World  almanac,  23;  Whitaker, 
23. 

from  1492.    Gooch,  51. 

See  also  Royal  families. 

Ruling  dynasties.  People's  cyclo- 
pedia, v.  4,  apx.  11. 

Russell,  A.  Gesammt-verlags-kata- 
log,  71. 

Russian  dictionary.  Aleksandrov, 
16. 

Ryland,  F:  Chronological  outlines 
of  English  literature,  34. 

Sab  in,  Joseph.  Bibliography  of 
bibliography,  73  ;  Dictionary  of 
books  relating  to  America,  67. 

Sachs,  Karl.  See  Villatte,  Cesaire, 
and  Sachs,  Karl,  16. 

Sacred  poems.  Duyckinck  (see  in- 
dex to),  34. 

St.  Louis  — Public  librarv.  Class 
list,  no.  1,  English  prose  fiction,  39. 

St.  Louis  mercantile  library.  Eng- 
lish prose  fiction,  39. 

St.  Nicholas  index.  See  Goss,  Har- 
riet, and  Baker,  G.  A.  76. 

Saints.    Brewer,  20  ;  Brewer,  35. 

legends  of.    Clement,  31. 

See  also  Patron  saints,  Re- 
ligion. 

Saints'  days  —  Protestant,  Catho- 
lic, Russian  or  Greek  church. 
Almanach  de  Gotha  (calendar), 
23 ;  Chambers,  26. 

Sa  ints  of  the  19th  century.  Brewer, 
20. 

Salaries  of  government  officials. 
See  Government  officials. 


INDEX 


101 


Salem  — Public  library.  Bulletin, 
79;  Finding-list,  78;  How  to  use 
the  reference  library,  7. 

Salmon,  E :  Juvenile  literature  as 
it  is,  76. 

Samoa  — bibliography.  Library  of 
Congress,  74. 

Samuel,  Bunford.  Index  to  Ameri- 
can portraits,  47. 

Sanders.      See  Muret-Sanders,  16. 

Sanders,  L.  C.  Celebrities  of  the 
century,  41. 

San     Francisco —Free    public    li- 

,  brary.  Books  in  the  reference- 
room,  7;  Classified  English  prose 
fiction,  39. 

Sanskrit  dictionary.    Williams,  17. 

Santander,  C.  A.  de  la  S.  Diction- 
naire  bibliographique  choisi,  67. 

Sargant,  E.  B.,  and  Wishaw,  B. 
Guide-book  to  books,  75. 

Sargent,  A.  L.  Reference  work 
among  school  children,  7. 

Sargent,  Epes.  Harper's  cyclopae- 
dia of  British  and  American 
poetry,  36. 

Sargent,  J:  F.  Reading  for  the 
young,  39,  75,  76. 

Sayings.    See  Noted  sayings. 

Schaff,  Philip.  Creeds  of  Christen- 
dom, 20;  Religious  encyclopaedia, 
18. 

Schem,  A.  J.  See  Kiddle,  Henry, 
and  Schem,  A.  J.  25. 

Schmid,  K.  A.  Encyclopadie  der 
gesammten  erziehungs-  und  un- 
terrichtswesen,  25. 

Schmidt,  Alexander.  Shakespeare- 
lexicon,  39. 

School  libraries.  Buffalo  —  Public 
library,  76 ;  Carnegie  library  of 
Pittsburgh,  76;  Cleveland —Pub- 
lic library,  76  ;  New  York  (state) 
—  Library,  76. 

Schools.  American  college  and 
public  school  directory,  25. 

Science,  26-28. 

of  the  year.    Annual  register, 

51. 

tables.    Nichol,  50. 

Scientific  American  cyclopedia  of 
receipts.    Hopkins,  A.  A.  29. 

Scientific  American  supplement. 
Catalogue  of  papers,  54. 

Scientific  periodicals.  See  Periodi- 
cals, technical,  55. 

Scientific  societies.    See  Societies. 

Scotch  poetry.    Wilson,  36. 

Scott,  R.  See  Liddell,  H:  G:  and 
Scott,  R.  17. 

Scott,  Temple,  ed.  See  Book  sales, 
70. 

Scott,  Sir  Walter —  dictionary. 
Rogers,  39. 

Scott  stamp  and  coin  co.  Scott's 
standard  postage  stamp  cata- 
logue,  25. 

Scranton  —  Public  library.  Find- 
ing-list, 78. 

Scribner-Black  Atlas  of  the  world, 
49. 

Scripture  names— pronunciation. 
Webster,  apx.  14 ;  Worcester,  apx. 
14. 

Scudder,  S :  H.  Catalogue  of  scien- 
tific serials  of  all  countries,  55,  59. 

Sculptors.    Clement,  44. 

list  of.    Willsey,  11. 

Sculpture.  Iconographic  encyclo- 
paedia, v.  3,  11. 

bibliography.        Farrar,      31 ; 

Sturgis,  31. 

Seals  —  ecclesiastical.    Zieber,  46. 

U.    S.    and   state.    Preble,  47; 

Townsend,  52     Zieber,  46. 

See  also  Funk  (plate),  14  ; 

American   cyclopaedia,  10 ;    Uni- 


versal cyclopaedia,  10  ;    Webster 
(plate),  14  ;  Willsey,  11. 
Seals  — U.  S.  and  state  — U.  S.  de- 

Sartments.  Harper's  encyclopae- 
ia,  2:  11-13,51. 

Sears,  Hamblen.  Governments  of 
the  world  to-day,  21. 

Seasons  —  references  to  articles. 
Goss  and  Baker's  St.  Nicholas 
index,  76. 

Secret  societies.    Stevens,  25. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23. 

Secretaries  of  state,  treasury,  war, 
etc.    See  Cabinets  —  presidential. 

Sects.  Blunt,  19 ;  Smith  and  Wace, 
19. 

See  also  names  of  sects. 

Seeger  and  Guernsey's  cyclopaedia 
of  the  manufactures  and  pro- 
ducts of  the  U.  S.  30. 

Selection  of  books.  See  Choice  of 
books,  Courses  of  reading. 

Selections.  See  Anthologies,  Reci- 
tations, Quotations. 

Sell's  dictionary  of  the  world's 
press,  56. 

Semitic  literature.  American  jour- 
nal of  theology,  74. 

Serials.    See  Periodicals,  Societies. 

Series  of  books.  American  cata- 
logue, 68 ;  English  catalogue,  69. 

Seynert,  Oskar.  Dictionary  of  clas- 
sical antiquities,  51. 

Shakspere,  William  —  concord- 
ances. Adams,  38 ;  Bartlett,  38  ; 
Clarke,  38  ;  Furness,  38. 

dictionaries.      O'Connor,     39  ; 

Schmidt,  39. 

Sharp,  R.  F.  Dictionary  of  Eng- 
lish authors,  44. 

Sharp  &  Alleman  co.'s  lawyers'  and 
bankers'  directory,  45. 

Shaw,  R.  K.  Bibliography  of  do- 
mestic economy,  29. 

Shelley,  P.  B.  —  concordance.  Ellis, 
38. 

Shippen,  E:  See  Powell,  W:  H.  and 
Shippen,  E :  44. 

Shippers'  guide.  Rand,  McNally 
&  co.  49. 

Shipping.  Blue  book  of  American 
shipping,  25  ;  Commercial  year- 
book, 24. 

Ships.    World  almanac,  23. 

Short,  C  :  See  Lewis,  C.  T :  and 
Short,  C:  17. 

Signal  flags.    See  Flags. 

Signers  of  the  Declaration.  Sta- 
tistician and  economist,  23;  Wil- 
son (Appleton's),  42. 

See  also  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, 42. 

Signs  used  in  writing  and  printing. 
Funk's  Standard  dictionary,  apx. 
14  ;  Webster,  apx.  14  ;  Worcester, 
apx.  14. 

Silk.    Cole,  30. 

Simpson,  Matthew.  Cyclopaedia  of 
Methodism,  20. 

Singer,  Isadore,  and  others.  Jewish 
encyclopedia,  20. 

Skeat,  W.  W:  Etymological  dic- 
tionary, 14. 

Sladen,  Douglas,  ed.  See  Who's 
who,  43. 

Slang.    Barrere  and  Leland,  15. 

See  also  Bartlett,  15;  Walsh,  35. 

Slater,  J:  H.    Early  editions,  70. 

Sloane,  T :  O'C.  Standard  electrical 
dictionary,  27. 

Smith,  B :  E.  Century  atlas  of  the 
world,  48;  Century  cyclopedia  of 
names,  35. 

Smith,  C:  J:  Synonyms  discrim- 
inated, 15. 

Smith,  John.  Dictionary  of  eco- 
nomic plants,  28. 


Smith,  Sir  W:  Atlas  of  ancient 
geography,  49;  Dictionary  of 
Greek  and  Roman  biography  and 
mythology,  43  ;  Dictionary  of 
Greek  and  Roman  geography,  49. 

and   Cheetham,  S :    Dictionary 

of  Christian  antiquities,  18. 

and  Fuller,  J.  M.    Dictionary 

of  the  Bible,  19.  41. 

and  Hall,  T.  D.     Copious  and 

critical  English-Latin  dictionary, 
17. 

and  Wace,  H :    Dictionary   of 

Christian  biography,  literature, 
sects,  and  doctrines,  19. 

and     others.     Dictionary      of 

Greek  and  Roman  antiquities,  51. 

Smithsonian  institution.  Interna- 
tional exchange  list,  59. 

Sobriquets.    Frey,  35;  Reddall,  35. 

See  also  Brewer,  50;  Wilson's 

(Appleton's),  7:  291,  42. 

of  presidents.    Townsend,  52. 

See  also  Nicknames,  Pseudo- 
nyms. 

Social  forms.    Gaskell,  24 ;  Hill,  24. 

Social  reforms,  chronology  of. 
Bliss,  apx.  20. 

Social  science.    See  Sociology. 

Socialism  —  bibliography.  Stamm- 
hammer,  21. 

Societies  —  American  —  publica- 
tions. American  catalogue,  59, 
68  ;  Bowker,  59  ;  Kelly,  68. 

colonial.    Zieber,  46. 

English  —  lists,  addresses,  offi- 
cers, etc.  Clegg,  33  ;  Literary 
year-book,  33  ;  Who  's  who,  pre! . 
43. 

publications.       Year-book 

of  the  scientific  and  learned  so* 
cieties,  59  ;  English  catalogue  of 
books,  59 ;  English  catalogue  of 
books,  annual,  1901,59  ;  Wheatley, 
59  ;  Lowndes,  59,  69. 

French  — publications.  Lef evre- 

Pontalis,  60;  France  —  Ministere 
de  l'instruction  publique,  60. 

general— lists,  addresses,  offi- 
cers, etc.  Minerva,  25;  Smith- 
sonian institution,  59. 

publications.  British  mu- 
seum, 59  ;  Library  of  Congress, 
54  ;  Royal  society,  59  ;  Scudder, 
55. 

German  —  publications.  Mid- 
ler, 60. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23. 

See  also  Book  clubs,  Education 

—  society  publications,  Histor- 
ical societies. 

Society  of  chemical  industry.  Index 
to  its  Journal,  55. 

Society  publications,  59,  60. 

Sociology.    Bliss,  20. 

bibliography.   Bowker  and  lies, 

20,  21. 

periodical  indexes.   Jones,  v.  2, 

23,  54. 

references  for  debates.  Brook- 
ings and  Ringwalt,  57  ;  Matson, 
57. 

Songs.    Warner,  33. 

authorship.  Notes  and  que- 
ries (index  vols.),  34. 

Sonnenschein,  W:  S.  Best  books, 
73,  75  ;  Reader's  guide  to  contem- 
porary literature,  73,  75. 

Sonnenschein's  cyclopaedia  of  edu- 
cation.   See  Fletcher,  A.  E.  25. 

Soule,  R:  Dictionary  of  English 
synonymes,  15. 

Soule  art  company.  Complete  art 
reference  catalogue,  32. 

South  Kensington  museum.  First 
proofs  of  the  Universal  catalogue 
of  books  on  art,  31. 


102 


INDEX 


Southwick,  A.  P.  Quizzisms  and  its 
key,  35  ;  Wisps  of  wit  and  wis- 
dom, 35. 

Spanish  bibliography.  Boletin  de 
la  libreria,  72. 

Spanish  dictionary.    Velazquez,  16. 

Sparks,  E.  E.  Topical  reference 
lists  in  American  history,  52. 

Speakers  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. Commercial  year- 
book, 1901,  24 ;  Statistician  and 
economist,  23. 

Special  bibliographies,  73,  74. 

of    each  year.     Fletcher  and 

Bowker,  73. 

Special  collections.  Lane  and  Bol- 
ton, 77;  New  York  library  club, 
77,  78. 

Speeches.  Harper's  encyclopaedia 
of  U.  S.  history,  51. 

Spellings  —  disputed.  Funk,  apx. 
14. 

Spiers,  A.,  and  Surenne,  G.  French 
and  English,  and  English  and 
French,  pronouncing  dictionary, 
16. 

Spofford,  A.  R.  Book  for  all  read- 
ers, 7,  53,  65,  75  ;  Works  of  refer- 
ence for  libraries,  7. 

and    Gibbon,    C :   Library    of 

choice  literature,  33. 

Spon,  Ernest.  See  Byrne,  Oliver, 
and  Spon,  Ernest,  29. 

Spoil's  encyclopaedia  of  the  in- 
dustrial arts.    Lock,  C :  G.  W.  30. 

Sports.  Champlin,  32,  33  ;  Suffolk, 
33. 

records  for  the  year.    Tribune 

almanac,  23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

Spruner  von  Mertz,  Karl  von. 
Hand-atlas  der  geschichte,  49. 

Staff —training  of  library  employes. 
Hasse,  6  ;  Wales,  7. 

Stainer,  Sir  J:  and  Barrett,  W.  A. 
Dictionary  of  musical  terms,  32. 

Stammhammer,  Josef.  Biblio- 
graphic der  social  -  politik,  21  ; 
Bibliographic  des  socialismus  und 
communismus,  21. 

Stamps.    See  Postage  stamps. 

Standard  dictionary.  Funk,  I.  K. 
14. 

Stanford  dictionary  of  anglicised 
words  and  phrases.  Fennell,  C. 
A:M.15. 

Stanley,  H.  H.  Reference  work 
with  children,  7. 

State  and  territorial  governments. 
Tribune  almanac,  23  ;  World 
almanac,  23. 

State  and  territorial  legislatures 
and  elections.  Statistician  and 
economist,  23;  Tribune  almanac, 
23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

State  documents.  American  cata- 
logue, 64  ;  Bowker,  64;  Michigan 
—  State  library,  63. 

See  also   Alabama,  Arkansas, 

Indiana,  Kansas,  Maine,  Missis- 
sippi, New  Hampshire,  New  Jer- 
sey, Ohio,  Pennsylvania,  Texas, 
64. 

State  flowers.    See  Flowers  —  state. 

State  holidays.  See  Holidays  — 
legal. 

State  legislation.  See  Legislation 
by  states. 

State  mottoes.  See  Mottoes  — of 
states. 

State  nicknames.    See  Nicknames. 

State  officers.  See  Election  returns. 

State  seals.    See  Seals. 

States  —  chief  events  in  history  of. 
Willsey,  11. 

Statesman's  year-book,  23. 

Statistical  abstract.  See  U.  S.— 
Statistics,  Bur.  of,  24. 


Statistician  and  economist,  23. 
Statistics.    Bliss,  20;  Mulhall,  23. 

annual.    Almanach   de   Gotha, 

23  ;  Chicago  Daily  News  almanac, 

23  ;  Commercial  year-book,  24 ; 
Hazell,  23;    Manual  of  statistics, 

24  ;  Statesman's  year-book,  23  ; 
Statistician  and  economist,  23 ; 
Tribune  almanac,  23 ;  Whitaker, 
23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

See  also  U.  S.  —  Statistics. 

Statutes,  22. 

Steamship  lines.  World  almanac, 
23. 

Steamship  routes.  Smith's  Cen- 
tury atlas,  48. 

Stedman,  E.  C.  American  antho- 
logy, 36 ;  Victorian  anthology,  36. 

and  Hutchinson,  E.  M.   Library 

of  American  literature,  34,  44. 

Steel  works.  American  iron  and 
steel  association,  30. 

Stein,  Henri.  Manuel  de  biblio- 
graphic generate,  54,  72,  74. 

Steingass,  F.  Student's  Arabic- 
English  dictionary,  17. 

Stephen,  Leslie.  Dictionary  of  na- 
tional biography,  42,  70. 

Stevens,  A.  C.  Cyclopaedia  of 
fraternities,  25. 

Stieler,  Adolf.  Hand-atlas  fiber 
alle  theile  der  erde,  49. 

Stiles,  H :  R.  Hand  book  of  practi- 
cal suggestion  for  students  in 
genealogy,  46. 

Stille,  Alfred,  and  others.  National 
dispensatory,  28. 

Stock  exchange.  Manual  of  sta- 
tistics, 24. 

Stone,  H.  S.  First  editions  of 
American  authors,  69. 

Stormonth,  James.  Dictionary  of 
the  English  language,  13. 

Stratmann,  F.  H.  Middle-English 
dictionary,  16. 

Strauss,  Albert.  See  Brown,  Everit, 
and  Strauss,  Albert,  21. 

Street  railways.  Commercial  year- 
book, 24;  Poor,  24. 

See  also  Railroads. 

Strikes  —  list  of.  Harper's  book  of 
facts,  11. 

Strong,  James.  Exhaustive  con- 
cordance of  the  Bible,  19. 

See    also    M'Clintock,  J:  and 

Strong,  James,  18. 

Sturgis.  Russell.  Annotated  bibli- 
ography of  fine  art,  31  ;  Diction- 
ary of  architecture  and  building, 
31. 

Subject  bibliographies.  See  Special 
bibliographies. 

Suffolk  and  Berkshire,  H :  C :  How- 
ard, earl  of.  Encyclopaedia  of 
sport,  33. 

Superstitions.    Brand,  26. 

See  also  Chambers,  26. 

Suplee,  H:  H.,  and  Cuntz,  T.  H. 
Engineering  index,  55. 

Supreme  court  justices.  See  Gov- 
ernment officials  —  U.  S. 

Surenne,  G.  See  Spiers,  A.,  and 
Surenne,  G.,  16. 

Surnames.    Bardsley,  47. 

Svensk  adelskalender,  47. 

Svensk  bok-katalog,  72. 

Swedish  bibliography.  Svensk  bok- 
katalog,  72 ;  Arskatalog  for  sven- 
ska  bokhandeln,  72. 

Swedish  dictionary.  Bjorkman, 
16. 

Sweet,  Henry.  Student's  diction- 
ary of  Anglo-Saxon,  16. 

Symbolism  in  art.    Clement,  31. 

Symbols  —  ecclesiastical.  Brewer, 
20;  Clement,  31. 

See  also  Christian  symbols. 


Synonyms.  Crabb,  14;  Fellows,  14; 
Fernald,  14, 15;  Roget,  15;  Smith, 
15;  Soule,  15;  Worcester,  p.  1877- 
1896,  14. 

See  also  Dictionaries. 

Tables.  See  Fine  arts,  History, 
Literature. 

Tariff  —  latest  schedule.  Tribune 
almanac,  23  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

Taylor,  E.  F.    Bibliography,  65. 

Technical  literature  —  bibliogra- 
phy.   Haferkorn  and  Heise,  30. 

Technical  schools.    Minerva,  25. 

Technical  terms.  Eger,  27  ;  Rohrig, 
26;  Tolhausen,  26;  Webber,  27. 

Tedder,  H :  R.  A  few  words  on  the 
study  of  bibliography,  65. 

Temperance.  Cyclopaedia  of  tem- 
perance, 18. 

Tennyson,  Alfred  —  concordance. 
Brightwell,  38. 

Terentius  Varro,  9. 

Territories.    See  State. 

Texas.    Raines,  64. 

Textile  manufacturers'  directory 
and  vear-book,  45. 

Textiles.    Cole,  30. 

Thanksgiving  day.    Walsh,  26. 

Theologians.  See  Theological  dic- 
tionaries. 

Theologischer  jahresbericht,  74. 

Theology  —  bibliography.  Darling, 
20 ;  Hurst,  20  ;  Malcolm,  20 ; 
Princeton  theological  seminary, 
20. 

(annual).  American  jour- 
nal of  theology,  74 ;  Theologischer 
jahresbericht,  74. 

dictionaries.     M'Clintock  and 

Strong,  18  ;  Schaff,  18. 

Thesaurus  of  English  words  and 
phrases.    Roget,  P.  M.  15. 

Theses.    See  Dissertations. 

Thieme-Preusser.  German  diction- 
ary, 16. 

Thomas,  Joseph.  Universal  pro- 
nouncing dictionary  of  biography 
and  mythology,  41. 

See  also  Lippincott's  gazetteer, 

48. 

Thorpe,  T:  E:  Dictionary  of  ap- 
plied chemistry,  27. 

Timbs,  J:  Popular  errors,  35; 
Things  not  generally  known,  35. 

Time  —  difference  in.  World  al- 
manac, 23. 

Time  tables.  Travellers'  official 
guide,  25. 

Times,  The.    Index,  56. 

Times  atlas,  49. 

Times'  gazetteer.  See  Chisholm, 
G:  G.  48. 

Timperley ,  C :  H :  Encyclopaedia  of 
literary  and  typographical  anec- 
dote, 30. 

Titled  persons.  See  Baronetage, 
Peerage. 

Titles  of  books.  See  Bibliographies, 
Catalogs  of  libraries,  Changed 
titles. 

Tolhausen,  Alexandre.  Diction- 
naire  technologique,  26. 

Tomlinson.  Cyclopaedia  of  useful 
arts,  26. 

Tools.    Appleton,  29  ;  Knight,  29. 

Town  histories.    Griffin,  52. 

See  also  Genealogies. 

Towne,  E  :  C.  Index  guide  to  War- 
ner's Library,  33. 

Townsend,  Malcolm.  U.  S.,  an 
index  to  the  U.  S.  of  America,  52. 

Toynbee,  Paget.  Dictionary  of 
proper  names  and  notable  mat- 
ters in  the  works  of  Dante,  38. 

Traction  companies.    Poor,  25. 

Trade.    See  Commerce. 


INDEX 


103 


Harper's  encyclopaedia, 


Transportation.  U.  S.  —  Census 
office.    Reports,  24. 

See  also  Railroads. 

Trautwine.  Civil  engineer's  pocket- 
book,  29. 

Travelers'  official  railway  guide  for 
the  U.  S.  25. 

Treaties.    Brewer,  50. 

list   of.     People's   cyclopedia, 

v.  4,  apx.  11  ;  Willsey,  51. 

U.  S.    " 

51. 

Tribune.  See  New  York  daily  Trib- 
une, 55,  56. 

Tribune  almanac,  23. 

Triibner,  Nicolas.  Bibliographical 
guide  to  American  literature,  67. 

Triibner  &  co.  Catalogue  of  dic- 
tionaries and  grammars,  13. 

Trusts  —  bibliography  of.  Library 
of  Congress,  <4. 

list  of.    World   almanac,  23. 

Tucker,  G.  M.  Our  common  speech, 
13. 

Tutin,  J.  R.  Wordsworth  diction- 
ary, 39. 

Typography.    See  Printing. 

U.  S.    Townsend,  Malcolm,  52. 

Union  lists  of  periodicals.  Library 
of  Congress,  54. 

Andrews,  Josephson,  54. 

United  States  —  Adjutant-general. 
Official  register,  45. 

Agriculture,    Dept.    of.    Card 

index  to  its  publications,  55;  List 
of  publications,  63. 

Division    of    publications. 

Index  to  authors  with  titles  of 
their  publications,  63. 

Census  office.  History  of  news- 
papers, 56. 

■ 11th  census.    Abstract,  24 ; 

Bulletins,  24  ;  Compendium,  24  ; 
Reports,  24 ;  Statistical  atlas,  24. 

12th  census.    Bulletins  and 

Report,  24. 

Coast    and    geodetic    survey. 

Bibliography,  63. 

Congress.  Official  congres- 
sional directory,  22. 

Consuls.  Consular  reports ;  in- 
dex, 63. 

Copyright,  Office  of  the  register 

of.  Catalogue  of  title  entries  of 
books,  69. 

Documents   office.     Catalogue 

of  the  public  documents  (Docu- 
ment catalogue),  62 ;  Catalogue  of 
U.  S.  public  documents,  issued 
monthly,  62 ;  Check-list  of  public 
documents,  62  ;  Index  to  the  sub- 
jects of  the  documents  and  re- 
ports (Document  index),  62,  63; 
Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of 
documents,  61;  Table  of  and  an- 
notated index  to  the  congressional 
series,  62. 

Education,    Bur.    of.      Public, 

society,  and  school  libraries  in  the 
U.  S.  77;  Publications  from  1867  to 
1890,  63;  Reports,  25. 

Equipment,  Bur.  of.    Flags  of 

maritime  nations,  47. 

Foreign    commerce,    Bur.   of. 

Review  of  the  world's  commerce, 
24. 

Geographic  names,  Board  on. 

Second  report,  48. 

Geological  survey.  Mineral  re- 
sources, 30. 

See  also  Darton,  27;  War- 
man,  27  ;  Weeks,  27. 

Interior,  Dept.  of  the.    Official 

register,  22. 

Interstate  commerce  commis- 
sion.   Annual  report,  25. 


United  States  —  National  museum. 
List  of  publications,  63. 

Patent  office.    Annual  reports 

of  the  Commissioner,  30;  Official 
gazette,  30  ;  Specifications  of  pa- 
tents, 30. 

Public  printer.    Report,  62. 

Revised  statutes,  22. 

Statistics,  Bur.  of.    Statistical 

abstract,  24. 

Surgeon-general's  office.  In- 
dex catalogue  of  the  library,  28. 

United  States  —  biography.  See 
American  biography. 

Congress.  See  Government  offi- 
cials —  U.  S.  22. 

dates  of  first  things.  Town- 
send,  p.  446-449,  52. 

finance.      U.    S.  —  Bureau    of 

statistics,  24. 

government  officials.  See  Gov- 
ernment officials  — U.  S. 

history.  Harper's,  51 ;  Jame- 
son, 52;  Lossing,  52;  Townsend, 
52. 

See  also  Webster,  1902,  apx.  14. 

Revolution.    Winsor,  52. 

bibliography.       Channing 

and  Hart,  52;  Griffin,  52;  Larned, 
52  ;  Sparks,  52  ;  Winsor,  52. 

politics.    Brown  and  Strauss, 

21  ;  Lalor,  21. 

population.    U.  S.  —  Bureau  of 

statistics,  24 ;  U.  S.  —  Census  of- 
fice, 24. 

at  each  census.  Statisti- 
cian and  economist,  23;  Tribune 
almanac,  23 ;  U.  S.  —  Census  office, 
24  ;  World  almanac,  23. 

1900   census.     Commercial 

year-book,  1901,  24;  International 
year-book,  1900,  apx.  10, 11  ;  U.  S. 
—  Census  office,  12th  census,  24. 

public  documents— how  ob- 
tained, 62. 

indexes      and      catalogs. 

Ames,  62  ;  Boston  Athenaeum,  63; 
Boston  public  library,  63;  Greely, 
63;  Hickcox,  63;  Index  and  re- 
view, 63  ;  Indiana  —  State  library, 
63  ;  Mass.  —  State  library,  63  ; 
Michigan  — State  library,  63; 
Peabody  institute  library,  63  ; 
Poore,  62  ;  U.  S.  —  Documents 
office,  62,  63. 

resources.    Gannett,  24 ;  U.  S. 

Census  office,  24. 

statistics.  Gannett,  24 ;  Trib- 
une almanac,  23;  U.  S.  —  Bureau 
of  statistics,  24;  U.  S.  — Census 
office,  24. 

United  States  army  list.  Powell, 
W:H.  44. 

U.  S.  blue  book.  U.  S.  — Dept.  of 
the  interior,  22. 

United  States  catalog,  68. 

United  States  in  the  leading  lan- 
guages of  the  world.  Townsend, 
p.  456-457,  52. 

United  States  military  academy  at 
West  Point.  See  Cullum,  G :  W. 
44. 

United  States  navy  list.  Callahan, 
E:  W.  45. 

United  States  official  postal  guide, 
25. 

United  States  red  book.  Murlin, 
E.  L.  21  22. 

Universal  anthology.  Garnett,  R: 
and  others,  33. 

Universal  cyclopaedia,  10, 12. 

Universities.  American  college 
and  public  school  directory,  25; 
College  year-book,  25  ;  Minerva, 
25. 

See  also  Tribune  almanac,  23; 

World  almanac,  23. 


Universities.  See  also  College,  Dis- 
sertations. 

University  extension  society. 
Syllabi  and  bibliographies,  75. 

Ure,  Andrew.  Dictionary  of  arts,  26. 

Useful  arts,  28-31. 

Tomlinson,  26  ;  Ure,  26. 

See  also  Lock,  30. 

bibliography.    Haferkorn  and 

Heise,  31. 

Valine,  Leon.  Bibliographie  des 
bibliographies,  72. 

Vapereau,  L:  G.  Dictionnaire  uni- 
versel  des  contemporains,42;  Dic- 
tionnaire universel  des  litera- 
tures, 33. 

Vegetables.    Bailey,  28. 

Velazquez  de  la  Cadena,  Mariano. 
Pronouncing  dictionary  of  the 
Spanish  and  English  languages, 

Vermont,  E.  de  V.     America  her- 

aldica,  46. 
Verzeichnis    der    berliner  univer- 

sitatsschriften,  58. 
Vice-presidents.    See   Government 

officials  —  U.  S. 
Victorian  anthology.    Stedman,  E. 

C.36. 
Villatte     and     Sachs.       Encyklo- 

padischesfranzbsisches-deutsches 

worterbuch,  16. 
Vincent  of  Beauvais,  9. 
Viollet-le-Duc,  E.  E.    Dictionnaire 

raisonne  de  1' architecture   fran- 

9ais,  31. 
Voters,     qualifications    for.      See 

Qualifications  for  voting. 
Votes.    See  Election  returns. 

Wace,  H:  See  Smith,  Sir  W:  and 
Wace  H:  19. 

Wahl,  W:H. '  See  Brannt,  W:  T., 
andWahl,  W:H.  29. 

Wale,  William.  What  great  men 
have  said  about  great  men,  36. 

Wales,  E.  B.  Assistants'  class  at 
Braddock  (Pa.)  public  library,  7. 

Walker,  J :  Rhyming  dictionary  of 
the  English  language,  15. 

Walsh,  W:  S.  Curiosities  of  popu- 
lar customs,  26  ;  Handy-book  of 
literary  curiosities,  35. 

Ward,  T:  H.  English  poets,  36  ; 
Men  of  the  reign,  43. 

Warman,  P.  C.  Bibliography  and 
index  of  the  publications  of  the 
U.  S.  geological  survey,  27 ; 
Catalogue  and  index  of  the  pub- 
lications of  the  U.  S.  geological 
survey,  27. 

Warner,  C :  D.  and  others.  Library 
of  the  world's  best  literature,  33, 
43. 

Warren,  Irene.  Instruction  in  the 
use  of  books  in  a  normal  school,  7. 

Wars  —  list  of.    Willsey,  11. 

U.  S.  Powell,  45 ;  Townsend,  52. 

Waters,  Mrs.  Clara  (Erskine)  Clem- 
ent.   See  Clement,  Mrs.  C.  E. 

Watt,  Robert.  Bibliotheca  Britan- 
nica,  66,  69. 

Watts,  H  :  Dictionary  of  chemistry, 
27. 

Waverley  dictionary.  Rogers,  May, 
39. 

Wayte,  W:  See  Smith,  Sir  William, 
and  Wayte,  W:  51. 

Webber,  E.  Technisches  worter- 
buch, 27. 

Webster,  Noah.  International  dic- 
tionary, 13,  14,  41,  47. 

Weeks,  F.  B.  Bibliography  of 
North  American  geology,  27. 

Weights  and  measures  —  foreign 
with  American  equivalents.  Com- 


104 


INDEX 


mercial  year-book,  24 ;  Hopkins, 
apx.  29;  People's  cyclopedia,  v.  4, 
apx.  11;  Statistician  and  econo- 
mist, 24. 

Greek  and  Roman.    Peck,  apx. 

51. 

tables  of.     Funk,  p.  1095,  2048- 

2049,  14. 

Weller,  Emil.  Index  pseudony- 
morum,  77. 

Wellman,  H.  C.  Reference  work 
with  children,  7. 

Welsh,  A.  H.  English  masterpiece 
course,  34. 

"Werner's  directory  of  elocutionists, 
readers,  lecturers,  etc.  36. 

"West  Indies  (Danish)  —  biblio- 
graphy.   Library  of  Congress,  74. 

"What  great  men  have  said  about 
great  men.    Wale,  W:  36. 

"What 's  what.    Quilter,  Harry,  10. 

Wheatley,  H:  B:  How  to  form  a 
library,  8, 59, 65 ;  Present  condition 
of  English  bibliography,  65;  "What 
is  an  index,  57. 

Wheeler,  W:  A.  Explanatory  and 
pronouncing  dictionary  of  the 
noted  names  of  fiction,  35;  Who 
wrote  it? 35. 

and  C :  G.    Familiar  allusions, 

35. 

Whitaker,  Joseph.    Almanack,  23. 

Whitaker's  Naval  and  military  di- 
rectory and  Indian  army  list,  45. 

Whitaker's  Titled  persons,  46. 

Whitcomb,  S.  L.  Chronological 
outlines  of  American  literature, 
34. 

Whitmore,  W.  H.  See  Munsell, 
Joel,  pub.  45. 

Whitney,  J.  L.    Modern  Proteus,  77. 

Whitney,  W  :  D.  Century  diction- 
ary, 14. 

Whittaker's  churchman's  almanac, 
20. 

Who  's  who,  43. 

Who  's  who  in  America.  Leonard, 
J:  W:42. 

Willard,  F.  E.,  and  Livermore,  Mrs. 
M.  A.  (Rice).  A  woman  of  the 
century,  45. 


Willem's  Les  Elzevier,  67. 

Williams,  Sir  Monier  Monier-.  San- 
skrit-English dictionary,  17. 

Williams,  R.  O.  Our  dictionaries, 
13. 

Williamson,  Joseph.  Bibliography 
of  the  state  of  Maine,  64. 

Willing's  press  guide,  56. 

Wills.    Parsons,  22. 

Willsey,  J.  H.  Harper's  book  of 
facts,  11. 

Wilson,  J.  G.  Poets  and  poetry  of 
Scotland,  36. 

and  Fiske,  J:  Appleton's  cy- 
clopaedia of  American  biogra- 
phy, 42. 

Wilson,  Woodrow.     The  state,  11. 

Winsor,  Justin.  Karrative  and 
critical  history  of  America,  52  ; 
Principal  reference  books  for  col- 
lege libraries,  8;  Reader's  hand- 
book of  the  American  revolution, 
52  ;  Reference  books  in  English,  8. 

Wisconsin  free  library  commission. 
Suggestive  list  of  books  for  a 
small  library,  75. 

Wisconsin  state  historical  society  — 
Library.  Annotated  catalogue  of 
newspaper  files,  56. 

Wishaw,  Bernard.  See  Sargant,  E. 
B.,  and  Wishaw,  Bernard,  75. 

Wochentliches  verzeichnis,  71. 

Woman  of  the  century.  Willard, 
F.  E.,  and  Livermore,  Mrs.  M.  A. 
(Rice),  45. 

Women.  Browne,  45 ;  Hale,  45  ; 
Willard  and  Livermore,  45. 

Wood,  G  :  B.,  and  Bache,  F.  Dis- 
pensatory of  the  United  States, 
28. 

Wood,  K.  B.  Quotations  for  oc- 
casions, 37. 

Woodbury,  W.  E.  Encyclopaedic 
dictionary  of  photography,  32. 

Woodruff,  E.  B.  List  of  fifty  refer- 
ence books  for  a  small  library, 
8  ;  Reference  work,  8. 

Worcester,  J.  E.  Dictionary  of  the 
English  language,  13,  14. 

Words  —    obsolete.  Halliwell- 

Phillips,  15;  Wright,  15. 


Words.  See  also  Anglicised  words, 
Australasian  words,  Dialects,  Pro- 
nunciation. 

Wordsworth,  W :  —  dictionary.  Tu- 
tin,  39. 

World  almanac,  23. 

World's  best  literature.  Warner, 
C:D.  33. 

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